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Parachute riggers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord<\/a>, Washington, plan to sew 1,000 to 1,500 surgical masks<\/a> per week to help patients afflicted with COVID-19<\/a>, the respiratory illness<\/a> caused by the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the Pentagon issued guidance to stop reporting COVID-19 case numbers at individual military bases<\/a>, there were six confirmed cases at JBLM, according to local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though numbers are no longer available at JBLM itself, the number of cases in the surrounding counties has trended into the thousands. And with new Pentagon orders directing troops to start wearing face coverings<\/a> in public, increasing mask production could come in handy at JBLM and other Army installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers from the support battalion for 1st Special Forces Group created 300 surgical masks for Madigan Army Medical Center and its regional partners as of April 2, as well as prototypes of reusable respirator masks and face shields, according to an Army news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. \u2013 A Special Operations Soldier with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Group Support Battalion, delivers 300 surgical masks to the Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. April 2, 2020. As the threat of COVID-19 continues to permeate the region, 1st SFG (A) Soldiers adapt to develop solutions to combat the virus and protect the force within both the Special Operations and JBLM communities. The most recent adaptation is the production of personal protective equipment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Hohman) (Staff Sgt. Ryan Hohman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most likely application [of the masks] will be to have a symptomatic patient, one with a cough, sneezing, shortness of breath, wear the mask in order to reduce the amount of respiratory droplets contaminating the environment,” said 1st Group surgeon Col. Rodd E. Marcum in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan is to produce 200 masks per day using five sewing machines, said 1st Group commander Lt. Col. Christopher S. Jones in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get better by week\u2019s end and be able to produce 1,000 to 1,500 during a normal work week,\u201d Jones said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sewing machines used by the riggers are usually used to repair parachutes, but with some input and feedback from hospital employees, riggers have been able to churn out medical protective equipment as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Sunday, there were nearly 700 cases in the surrounding county, according to the local health department. JBLM also sits just south of King County, which includes the city of Seattle, and where there are more than 3,000 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seattle has been one of the hardest hit cities in the country. An Army medical team<\/a> set up a field hospital in the CenturyLink Center there to help treat non-COVID-19 patients that local hospitals cannot accept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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