SC manufacturers stepping up in fight against coronavirus

South Carolina manufacturers and residents are responding to the call to fight COVID-19 with donations of protective equipment and the offer to help make parts for ventilators and other vital medical equipment.

“We are incredibly humbled by the tremendous support we have received for this critical effort,” Pam Maxwell, chief nursing officer with Tidelands Health, said in a statement. “The challenge is great, and we are hoping more people and businesses will agree to help in the coming days.”

Tidelands on Tuesday issued an appeal for help sewing new elastic bands on N95 medical respirators. In just two days, 2,000 S.C. residents volunteered to sew new bands on the respirators, and Phenix Engineered Textiles in Landrum volunteered to donate enough elastic to retrofit 20,000 respirators.

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