KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DRE Health
Corporation today announced their plans to build a manufacturing
plant for disposable face masks in the
United States in response to the recent global Coronavirus
outbreak. As of March 2nd there are
over 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) worldwide, a
virus that has gained global media attention and may cause a
national pandemic. The Coronavirus has claimed over 3,200 lives
internationally and 9 in the United
States, exceeding the worldwide deaths from the SARS virus.
The CDC warned that "this may be bad". As panic grows quickly, a
worldwide shortage of face masks has been established, and DRE
Health, a global manufacturer of healthcare consumable products
including face masks, aims to help solve the problem at home here
in the States.
"We have received worldwide purchase inquiries from customers
exceeding 250,000,000 masks, there is a serious global supply chain
issue," said DRE Chief Executive Officer Isaac Bawany in an interview conducted last
Friday. He continued, "The cost of the raw filtration material has
gone up over 50-fold since this January due to the Coronavirus
outbreak. Our customers here in the US are completely wiped out of
inventory. We even had to set up a new email channel just for face
masks and urgent inquiries due to the sheer amount of
interest."
To respond to the outbreak and supply shortage, Isaac Bawany confirmed that DRE Health plans to
open a manufacturing facility for medical grade face masks in
the United States, "We will have
our plant up and running the second week of March, we expect to be
able to produce several million pieces per day. We are intending on
selling these masks with priority given to US customers to protect
the security of the Homeland."
He added, "We are really big on supporting the US economy, we
are currently in a planning phase for opening a disposable glove
manufacturing facility in the US as well, a project expected to add
several hundred jobs and to cost upward of USD$40 million."
Parties interested in purchasing bulk quantity of US made face
masks for the Coronavirus may reach DRE Health Corporation at their
special email hotline @ masks@drehealth.com or 911@drehealth.com
for all other Coronavirus related supply emergencies including
disposable gloves, hand sanitizers, thermometers, and gowns.
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