Manufacturing three million gowns will generate three thousand jobs through the National Agreement

Construction of hospital protection units generated more than three thousand jobs. Photo: MSPBS

Asunción, IP Agency.- With the aim of protecting professionals in white, first in the line of battle once morest covid-19, and generating sources of jobs in the country, the Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, awarded the “National Agreement for the Provision of Gowns “hospitable”, through SG Resolution No. 372.

“The national agreement will reactivate many workshops, and these, in turn, will hire more Paraguayans. Producing in Paraguay has a job multiplier effect. The 3,000 jobs will have a great socioeconomic impact and the most important thing is that we will protect those who care for us most, our doctors, male and female nurses, and other health professionals,” the State portfolio maintains from its website.

In this way, National Agreement No. 1/20 for the provision of hospital gowns is underway with the union of large, medium and small companies in our country; The total investment amount will be 114,114,000,000 guaraníes.

For this purpose, the Association of Clothing Manufacturers of Paraguay (AICP) built a three-line model, where everyone will collaborate. The objective is to distribute work, maintain jobs and collaborate with economic reactivation. By producing in the country, thousands of Paraguayans distributed throughout the chain will be employed.

The first link in the chain is made up of those who generate the fabric made with NTA98, a material that protects once morest the new coronavirus, developed exclusively in Paraguay. Then follow the sellers of inputs, those who cut and sew, sellers of bags and boxes for packaging and those who transport. Finally, professionals who advise clothing manufacturers (lawyers, accountants, engineers).