Four hospitals in the United States, a country where more than 43,000 coronavirus cases were recently confirmed, have received thousands of face masks from a Church.
Rock Church donated 1,000 N95 respirator masks to four Sentara hospitals on March 18, for a total of 4,000 masks.
According to ChristianHeadlines.com, the masks were given to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Leigh Hospital, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, and Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
“We at Rock Church would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your dedication and work in providing much-needed care for our community and loved ones,” the church said in a letter to the hospitals. “… We hope that this will help in some small measure, the battle that you are in against the coronavirus.”
The masks had been in storage to use for mission trips. N95 masks filter out at least 95 percent of airborne particles.
Across the entire globe, there are 383,944 cases of novel coronavirus and 16,595 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking figures from the World Health Organization and additional sources.
News Agencies contributed to this report.
