KOCHI: While Kerala is fighting hard to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, there seems to be an increase in the number of fake Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits in the state, reports said. Several cheap PPE kits from other states and kits that are illicitly manufactured within the state lack quality and this eventually puts the health workers and public safety at risk. Following this, health workers are demanding the state government to urgently intervene in the matter.

According to reports, most of the PPE kits are brought from Mumbai and Delhi. At present, there are no facilities to ensure the quality of the PPE kits. With the recent increase in demand for PPE kits, many companies without license are coming up kits that are manufactured unscientifically.

At present, only three institutions in the state have license to manufacture the PPE kits. While two of these companies are in Kottayam, one is in Ernakulam.