1m free surgical, N95 masks redeemed; Temasek Foundation advises public to collect before distribution ends

SINGAPORE — There have been more than one million redemptions of the medical-grade surgical and N95 masks distributed by Temasek Foundation on Thursday (Sept 16) since they were made available to the public three weeks ago.

Announcing this on Friday, the foundation said that with the distribution ending on Sept 26, it advises members of the public who have not collected their masks to quickly head to the nearest collection point.

They should carry along their SP residential bill and a bag for the masks when collecting.

The masks can be collected at larger supermarkets from chains including Sheng Siong, Prime, NTUC FairPrice, Cold Storage and Giant, as well as selected CapitaLand malls.

For more information and the full list of collection points, go to https://stayprepared.sg/staymasked/onetime/.

Under the scheme, 50 medical-grade surgical masks and 25 N95 masks are provided to each household that presents its household bill.

The medical-grade surgical masks, as well as the N95 masks, have a 95 per cent filtration efficiency or higher.