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Making respirator covers for health care workers: who’s making them and why

Northeast Georgia Health System employee Brenda Jones sits at a sewing machine Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at the NGHS Corporate Plaza helping make face masks for in case the need arises. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has set out guidelines for mask usage during the COVID-19 crisis, including what to do when no masks are available. One of the recommendations, as “a last resort,” is homemade masks, as their ability to protect health care workers is unknown. - photo by Scott Rogers

03252020 MASKS 1.jpg — Northeast Georgia Health System employee Brenda Jones sits at a sewing machine Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at the NGHS Corporate Plaza helping make face masks for in case the need arises. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has set out guidelines for mask usage during the COVID-19 crisis, including what to do when no masks are available. One of the recommendations, as “a last resort,” is homemade masks, as their ability to protect health care workers is unknown. - photo by Scott Rogers

Northeast Georgia Health System employees normally working directly with patients have found a new job in the battle against COVID-19 — making covers for N95 respirators.