SHENZHEN’S COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control commanding office has started giving out its 200,000 free face masks to registered residents by lucky draw every two days to help maintain safety as the virus epidemic in the city is eradicated.

The first round of lucky draw was held at 10 a.m. yesterday with 40,000 residents winning the masks, the DT News reported. The next round will be held 10 a.m. tomorrow.

The project began Saturday. Residents can still fill out a registration form on WeChat Account i深圳 (i_shenzhen) to have a chance at winning some face masks.

Selected citizens can claim a total of five free masks for delivery to their home address and will be informed if they win via text message. Each draw sees 40,000 winners.

There is no need for citizens to re-register for new lucky draw rounds as they will be automatically included in subsequent lotteries. However, previous winners will be temporarily excluded from draws for 10 days.

The account had visits from over 4.17 million registered residents as of noon yesterday with 3.95 million residents registered successfully, according to Shenzhen Media Group.

Residents can call 12345-8-1 with inquiries.

(Wang Jingli)