Uniqlo India to gift masks, innerwear to hospitals, police

Uniqlo India, a unit under Japanese retail firm Fast Retailing, yesterday announced donating 2 lakh masks and 2,000 units of its 'AIRism innerwear' to hospitals and police departments in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) as part of its initiative to support frontline workers in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic and as a gesture of gratitude for their work.

UNIQLO India, in partnership with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) will deliver the AIRism innerwear products and masks to the Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital in New Delhi, the Civil Hospital in Gurugram and to police personnel in Delhi NCR, it said in a statement.

"With its comfort conditioning technology, as well as self-deodorizing and stretchy material, the AIRism products will provide the frontline workers ease and flexibility throughout their shifts," the company said.

Besides, UNIQLO India said it is working with Invest India to supply masks donated by parent company Fast Retailing to the government of Delhi (East Delhi Municipal Corporation) and the government of Haryana (Haryana Medical Services Corporation), according to Indian media reports.