War on Covid-19: Nivea India begins making hand sanitisers at Sanand plant

The product will be distributed free-of-cost to public hospitals, distribution chains

In its bid to help combat the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, skin care products major Nivea India on Friday said that it has begun making alcohol-based hand sanitisers at its manufacturing facility in Sanand near Ahmedabad for free-of-cost distribution to public hospitals.

Apart from public hospitals and healthcare institutions in Ahmedabad and Vadodara, the company's Sanand plant, which makes skincare products, will manufacture hand sanitizers for the firm's distribution partners across the country.

The company stated on Friday that the move comes in the wake of the shortage of hand sanitisers which have become one of the most critical products which are becoming