Manu Kumar Jain, the Global Vice President of Xiaomi and Managing Director of Xiaomi India announced on Twitter that his company will be donating lakhs of N95 masks to state governments and hospitals across India. Also, he assured that his company has taken necessary measures towards sanitation in their stores, offices, service centers, and manufacturing plants all over the country to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
Xiaomi has already donated an unknown number of masks to various countries where they operate over the past few weeks. Now, as the COVID-19 outbreak has begun in India, which is the company’s largest market outside China, it has imported lakhs of N95 masks to the country. As per Manu Janin, the head of Xiaomi India, it will be donating these masks to government hospitals, state police, and a number of state / UT governments such as Karnataka, Punjab, and Delhi. Additionally, the company will be also donating hazmat suits to doctors at a few hospitals like AIMS and St. Johns.
Further, the company has also canceled business travels, external meetings, and even asked their office employees to work from home and maintain social distancing amidst the current situation. Also, Xiaomi India has introduced new ‘Delivery on Call’ service to let customers order their favorite products from nearby Mi Home retail stores. Likewise, the company’s 2,000+ service centers across the country will only let in 4 customers at a time via an online token system. Plus all the employees at stores, as well as service engineers, will be provided with protective gear.
Besides that, Mr. Jain also assures that all the products manufactured and shipped by his company are safe as their manufacturing plants and operational warehouses follow high standards of caution of hygiene. He also says that all the facilities of the company will follow the lockdown orders issued by state and UT governments.
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