Airports within Swedavia’s portfolio are responding to the increased need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare employees in Sweden by donating equipment including face masks and protective eyewear.

Ordinarily there is a given supply of PPE at Swedavia’s 10 airports. In response to the COVID-19 crisis Swedavia is donating all PPE and other equipment it can spare to healthcare facilities throughout the country. Around 100 multiple-use breathing masks or respirators, 1,000 pairs of protective eyewear and 100,000 single-use gloves are being donated. Other equipment which is being donated includes 100 pairs of retractable bands usually used to separate queues at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and which will now be used within drop-in clinics in Stockholm’s metropolitan area.

Commenting on the current situation and the airport operator’s initiative Marie Wiksborg, Director of Business Support and Security at Swedavia, said: “This is a very difficult time for all of society, when collaboration and cooperation between people, institutions and organisations are more important now than ever. We at Swedavia naturally want to do what we can to contribute, and donating personal protective equipment that can be of greater use right now in Swedish healthcare seems the obvious thing to do.”

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