VIVO donates safety gear to health workers

New Delhi: Smartphone brand Vivo said, it has donated 15,000 PPE (personal protection equipment) suits and 50,000 litres of sanitizer to the Central Government fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The brand aims to address the shortage of safety gear for caregivers across the country,” Vivo said in a statement on Wednesday.

India’s second largest smartphone brand in terms of market share had earlier donated close to 9 lakh masks to state and central government, police agencies and other municipal corporations.

“Vivo acknowledges the role caregivers are playing in these testing times, and, as a responsible corporate, vivo stands with the government in their fight against COVID-19. We have pledged to supply PPE suits and sanitizers to central government to protect the corona warriors fighting on the frontline to control the pandemic,” Nipun Marya, Director Brand Strategy, Vivo India, said.