CovCare is proud to help equip students, faculty, and staff at the University of South Alabama with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to ensure a safe and sound return to campus for all Jaguars over the Summer and with the 2020-21 school year getting underway in August.

With NBA alums Stephon Marbury and Kenny Thomas, CovCare shared headlines about giving back to protect healthcare professionals and essential workers thanks to Wooter Apparel and GameBreaker launching the medical supplies and logistics company as the Coronavirus broke out.

With growing national concerns about a second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, research shows that wearing facemasks in public can limit the spread of the disease that has infected more than 2 million people in the United States.

Three months ago when news of the Coronavirus pandemic began to make headlines around the world, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx was one of the first hospitals to get in touch with CovCare and share their experience about being extremely limited with PPE products. CovCare returned the favor by delivering 190 boxes with 40,000 masks to help protect frontline healthcare workers.

For those who have followed the work being done at CovCare since early March, they’ve seen a steady transformation right before their very eyes on how a start-up company can survive and thrive in the face of a global health emergency. Here are 7 ways Covcare has made an impact throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.

In order to purchase medical supplies from China, you have to interpret the new Chinese Customs policy and understand how factories producing medical supplies are classified from Black List, White List, and Unconfirmed List.

Through the generous donation of 1,600 masks by CovCare, Rideshare Drivers United (RDU) members took to the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego over Mother’s Day weekend to distribute face masks and gloves to hundreds of needy Uber and Lyft drivers in an effort to offer protection while continuing to work during the Coronavirus pandemic.

CovCare made headlines this past week with Yahoo! Finance and MarketWatch, as the medical supplies and logistics company shares its story about successfully shipping millions of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) products to the U.S. to help protect healthcare professionals battling COVID-19.

Just when you thought China tightening restrictions on exports of masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) couldn’t get any more chaotic, along came “Announcement No. 53” by the General Administration of Customs to increase the craziness.

From Connecticut to California, nursing homes and long-term care facilities continue to struggle to receive Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), updating testing kits, and carry undermanned staffing to adequately care for those in need while also properly protecting themselves in the process.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed urged people to resist from “mask shaming or confrontations” and instead to view a new city ordinance making wearing face coverings mandatory as a way to slow down the transmission rate of the Coronavirus.

As companies like UPS, DHL, and FedEx all cope with shipping delays, CovCare quickly found ways to solve end-to-end supply chain matters by working with multiple shipping companies, partnering with customs brokers, and booking private flights on cargo planes.

From no NIOSH markings on the facepiece, to incorrect spellings, after-market decorative fabrics, and claims that respirators are safe for children, the warning about counterfeit respirators and products has raised a number of red flags throughout the United States.

Following the recommendation by the CDC, measures are being taken from coast to coast to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as approaches vary from mandatory use of facemasks in general public to voluntary mask usage in some States.

The overall concern with cloth masks: they do not fit the face properly enough to block out air and do not include a specialized filter to effectively prevent the viral spread of the Coronavirus like the N95 respirator facemask.

On Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will issue an executive order directing employers to provide employees with a cloth or surgical mask when engaging with the general public.