OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Smita Paul has actually been sewing headscarfs and clothes for her small fashion industry given that 2003 but since the coronavirus struck the Bay Area and developed a lack in individual protective equipment for healthcare facility workers, she has switched from stitching headscarfs to sewing masks.
Smita Paul, founder of Indigo Handloom, sews face masks, after California Guv Gavin Newsom’s implemented statewide “remain at house order” directing the state’s 40 million citizens to stay in their homes in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus illness (COVID-19), that will be contributed to medical professionals, nurses and EMTs around the country in Oakland, California, U.S., March 23,2020 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
” We are all horrified. The concept of one of my pals having to go into this circumstance without having any protective equipment, I simply can’t picture,” said Paul. “If we can do one little thing, we’re going to do it.”
Paul is amongst a growing number excited to respond to desperate calls from health care employees on social media and community online forums requesting help in getting masks, gloves and other equipment