Sands Las Vegas بیش از دو میلیون ماسک پزشکی ، لباس محافظ 20K اهدا می کند

Las Vegas Sands today announced it will donate two million medical masks and 20,000 protective suits to help health-care professionals, first responders and nonprofit organizations in the fight against the بیماری همه گیر کروناویروس.

Medical mask donations will be distributed in the company’s corporate headquarters of نوادا همچنین نیویورک, which has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in ایالات متحده. Each state will receive one million masks. The 20,000 protective suits will be donated to hospitals and first responders in نوادا.

“Hopefully our donations will help protect people on the front lines so they can continue their invaluable work, and we can start to see the numbers of people affected begin to diminish,” Sands Chairman and Chief Executive Officer شلدون جی. آدلسون said. “Our properties in لاس وگاس may be empty right now, but our hearts are full of hope for the future. The determination and courage I have seen in our Team Members, which I know is the same throughout this country, gives me every confidence we will get through this unprecedented crisis.”

This contribution marks the second round of personal protective equipment donations شن و ماسه has made. The company previously provided 100,000 masks to the لاس وگاس health-care community and 5,000 masks to the لاس وگاس Metro Police Department.  It also donated 1,900 coronavirus test kits to the state of نوادا.

Mr. Adelson said the one million masks being sent to نیویورک will help health-care professionals and first responders in the state currently with the most cases of coronavirus.

“People are looking to نیویورک as a bellwether for what comes next, both in terms of the pandemic’s impact and for how quickly the region, particularly شهر نیویورک, is able to recover from the aftermath of the virus,” he said. “It’s important we steer resources to the places where the need is the greatest and most urgent.”

In addition to the protective gear donations, Sands is fulfilling its pledge to give $250,000 to several important local organizations during this time of need. The company is making contributions to Three Square, Southern Nevada’s largest hunger-relief organization; Communities In Schools, which is helping provide meals to students who would otherwise be participating in their school’s free and subsidized meal programs; and Share Village Las Vegas, a veterans assistance organization that also runs a community food pantry.

Sands also has donated 60 pallets of food and more 55,000 bottles of water to local organizations.  In addition, the company is currently paying each of its nearly 10,000 Las Vegas Team Members, along with providing full health-care benefits, while its properties remain closed.