Nintendo of America donated more than 9,500 N95 respiratory masks in efforts to help the coronavirus in the state of Washington.
Like COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, continues to spread around the world, with masks in desperate need. Doctors, nurses, and other health workers cannot protect themselves properly from the disease, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is suggests home-made solutions such as bandanas or sheets as "storage space" for those who cannot wear masks due to shortages. Communities also reach out to the community for help, taking donations wherever they are available.
Nintendo representative Jerry Danson said the statement that the company has purchased its mask for "an emergency preparedness plan," according to a news release from the city of North Bend, Washington.
Nintendo donated a mask to Eastside Fire & Rescue, located in Issaquah, Washington, to be distributed by the mask "across the region to respond to immediate needs, including the city of North Bend," the city said.
North Bend is home to the Nintendo of America distribution center, not far from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
The situation in Washington was there one of the first documents of the U.S. outbreak. Many residents and workers from the Kirkland, Washington, Washington suburb, became infected with the virus in February. Since then, more than 120 people have passed COVID-19 in Washington only.
