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Article

8 Apr 2020

Author:
Marguerite Ward, Business Insider (USA)

Companies step up to address global shortages of medical equipment and supplies in response to COVID-19

Tesla, Apple, and Ford are stepping up to address global shortages of ventilators, hand sanitizer, face masks, and gowns. Here's a running list of companies helping out, 27 March 2020

Healthcare workers across the globe face dire shortages of equipment needed to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, including ventilators, face masks, gowns, and hand sanitizer. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for more supplies, and some companies have begun replying with their own plans to help. These 18 companies, including Ford, Unilever, and Tesla, are either making equipment or are donating equipment to those in need.

[refers to Tesla, Dyson, Apple, Ford, GE, 3M, General Motors, Ventec Life Systems, Inditex (parent company, Zara), Pernod Ricard (parent company, Absolut Vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey), LVMH (parent company, Louis Vitton), Brandon Maxwell, Christian Siriano, Unilever, Prada, Prudential Financial, Virgin Orbit, Brooks Brothers, American Giant, Snap Lab (part of Snap)]