ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County mayor has a business proposal for manufacturing businesses in Central Florida: Help fight the coronavirus pandemic by making much-needed supplies.
On Wednesday, Mayor Jerry Demings spoke directly to local businesses during the daily coronavirus news briefing asking them to help make hand sanitizer, personal protective equipment, known as PPE, and other items needed to help battle the respiratory illness with now more than 800 cases in Orange County.
Hand santizer is a hard to come-by item in stores and even online since the coronavirus pandemic and medical workers and first responders need masks, face protectors, gloves and gowns to protect themselves as they treat people with severe cases of the