New India: TikTok India has announced on Wednesday that they will donate about four lakh hazmat suits for the frontline warriors that includes doctors and medical health workers, in the battle against coronavirus.
“I would like to confirm that TikTok India will contribute 4,00,000 protective hazmat suits to keep our doctors and frontline medical health workers safe across the country, during the catastrophic time of COVID-19. Under the Prime Minister and your leadership, we are certain that we will come out of this together,” TikTok India Head, Nikhil Gandhi wrote in a letter to Textiles Minister Smriti Irani.
“It is indeed an honour and a matter of pride that TikTok India team came together along with your good self and officials of the Ministry of Textiles by working 24×7, to overcome the barriers and logistical nightmares of delivering the suits in India. TikTok India is also humbled to bear the entire cost of Rs 100 crore for the protective suits in service and gratitude to the nation,” the letter said.
A first lot of 20,675 suits have arrived today and the second lot of 180,375 suits will reach India before April 4, informed Gandhi.