Xinhua network
The chief executive officer (ceo) of 3m corporation in the united states, mike roman 23, said that every medical shield that was available should be shipped to the front line to support medical personnel fighting the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, rather than entering the shop to sell to consumers。
Roman made that statement the same day in an interview with the american consumer news and business channel. 3m is the largest manufacturer of medical protective masks in the united states, notably for the production of n95 masks. With the spread of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in the united states, a number of hospitals across the united states are experiencing shortages of medical protection。
According to the latest data released by johns hopkins university on the 23rd day, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the united states had risen to 41511 and 499 deaths as of 1430 hours u. S. Time in the east (24. 30 p. M. Beijing time)。
In view of the urgent need to respond to the epidemic, roman stated that the n95 masks produced by 3m should not be sold in the shop。
Roman stated that he was “disappointed” by the presence of such masks on the shelf of certain shops last weekend. In the view of cnn, roman's words refer to the tajik department store。
Tajik department stores admitted that part of the seattle area shop in washington state had previously sold n95 masks “wrongly”。
“we apologize for the mistake. We moved quickly to remove the masks from the shop and donate them to the washington state health service for distribution to local hospitals.”
The company stated that a thorough inventory was being carried out and that if additional masks were found, they would be donated to medical institutions。
The pressure on producers of medical supplies such as 3m is increasing. The surge in confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the united states has forced these enterprises to rapidly increase production to meet demand。
Roman stated that 3m had increased the production of n95 masks, which had doubled globally to nearly 100 million per month。
Roman posted on 22nd on the internet in the united states: “we produce 35 million masks a month in the united states. Of these, over 90 per cent were assigned to health-care personnel, while the rest were allocated to other key sectors in the fight against the epidemic, such as energy, food and pharmaceutical enterprises.”
He said that over half a million masks were being transported this week to some of the worst affected areas, such as new york and seattle. Cnn reported that about half of the new coronary pneumonia confirmed cases in the united states were in new york state. (bhuong ming)
