CEO Daniel Obajtek has tweeted the company plans to buy about 7 million protective face masks for the country’s health service.
The corporation is already producing hand sanitizers at a plant that normally makes windshield washer fluid.
Hand sanitizer produced by PKN Orlen amid the viral epidemic. Photo: PAP/Roman Zawistowski
At the start of next month, PKN Orlen plans to launch production of a surface disinfectant at its plant in Trzebinia in the south of the country, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency has reported.
Meanwhile, state-controlled PKO Bank Polski has allocated funds to buy 7,500 coronavirus test kits for hospitals and medical personnel in the country, a news agency has reported.
Several other Polish state-run firms have also pitched in to help combat the coronavirus epidemic.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR