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COVID-19\u2019s Effect on PPE Supplies<\/h2>\n

In the last month, the COVID-19 pandemic has flipped our country on its head. Businesses are shutting their doors, families are sheltering in place, and our fearless healthcare workers are heading into a battlefield every day.<\/p>\n

COVID-19, also referred to as Coronavirus, appeared in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and has spread across the globe in the last four months. With cases now exceeding the million-mark, the healthcare industry is overwhelmed with new patients on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

As hospitals are inundated with Coronavirus patients, supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) have dwindled. Fear and panic led American citizens to stockpile face masks and other essential PPE supplies, and manipulative opportunists have taken to price-gouging.<\/p>\n

The opportunists who hoarded these Coronavirus relief supplies then turned around to resell them at significant markups<\/a>, which led online marketplaces to ban sales of these products\u2014whether sellers were legitimate or not.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as the public has purchased face masks in bulk and marketplaces have shut down sales of these products, healthcare professionals and essential service workers are left without.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO)<\/a> released Interim Guidance for the Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19):<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the available evidence, the COVID-19 virus is transmitted between people through close contact and droplets, not by airborne transmission. The people most at risk of infection are those who are in close contact with a COVID-19 patient or who care for COVID-19 patients (WHO, February 27, 2020).\u201d<\/p>\n

PPE is used by healthcare personnel to protect themselves, patients, and others when providing care to those affected by this pandemic. Coronavirus PPE can help prevent the spread of this terrible disease. PPE shortgages are proving to be a disastrous challenge for U.S. healthcare facilities, government agencies, and essential service businesses.<\/p>\n

As healthcare and essential business workers across the country beg their hospitals, local government, and President for more protective equipment, honest manufacturers and distributors are scrambling to meet demand in this unprecedented situation.<\/p>\n

iPromo has answered this call. Thanks to our longstanding relationships with foreign vendors, we\u2019ve been able to completely shift our strategy to ensure our nation\u2019s healthcare workers, essential service businesses, and government agencies have the Coronavirus relief supplies they need to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

Our incredible sourcing team and CEO, Leo spent endless nights speaking with our suppliers, working on switching our supply chain from promotional products to hand sanitizer, face masks, digital thermometers, and other critical personal protection products (ppe).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve started iHealth, transitioning from our traditional offerings of branded merchandise to securing critical health products and medical supplies<\/a> for healthcare workers in our home city of Chicago and across our great nation.<\/p>\n

\"PPE<\/a><\/p>\n

How PPE Supplies Help in the Battles Against COVID-19<\/h2>\n

Coronavirus PPE supplies are essential for mitigating the spread of Coronavirus. COVID-19 symptoms overlap with other health conditions, such as the flu, common cold, and allergies. The most common symptoms include:<\/p>\n