It’s no lie that medical supplies have been in short supply since the outbreak, hospitals have been inundated with patients, and doctors and nurses are doing all they can to ensure people are safe and recover as quickly as possible.
But amidst the coronavirus pandemic, there have come some truly amazing stories of kindness.
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And lockdowns have been set in place globally, including the likes of Italy and the United Kingdom – which was announced earlier this week by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Things have escalated out of control.
But little did he know of what was to come.
There are now a total of 54,941 cases across the country, and so far, 784 people have died from the virus.
And this is when things began to get really serious.
And it’s safe to say that the panic is well and truly setting in.
But it is also extremely selfish as nothing has been left for the elderly and vulnerable who aren’t able to easily access their local supermarkets.
And so many people around the world have been left without these vital day-to-day items.
But they simply won’t listen.
Doctors and nurses who have been working around the clock now have their chance of getting their hands on these essentials.
He is the driving force behind the plan to help the UK’s current critical shortage by giving all the hand sanitizers to the NHS for free.
There are also plans to build another factory in Germany. Sir Ratcliffe explained: “We will build two factories in the UK and Germany in 10 days to produce very substantial supplies.”
He explained: “It is becoming increasingly clear that hand to mouth infection is a significant cause of Coronavirus contagion and INEOS is Europe’s largest manufacturer of the core ingredient of hand sanitiser.”
Sir Ratcliffe’s pledge comes after the multinational corporation that owns Louis Vuitton stated it would be using its perfume production line to make hand sanitizer in a bit to cope with the demand in France.