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All in This Together
COMPILED BY SAMANTHA CART
On March 16 , 2020 , Governor Jim Justice declared a state of emergency in West Virginia due to the spread of the novel coronavirus . Since then , residents of the Mountain State have been navigating how to survive , maintain and thrive in the midst of a highly contagious virus , school and business closings , a statewide stay-at-home order and mandated limits on public gatherings . Despite the challenges and hardships , West Virginians did what they always do — banded together to provide support in the form of equipment , food , money , care and more . This infographic illustrates just some of the ways Mountain State businesses , organizations and nonprofits proved that we ’ re all in this together .
Editor ’ s Note : The data for this infographic was obtained via a survey conducted by West Virginia Executive magazine on the business community ’ s response to COVID-19 .
HAND SANITIZER
At full production , Dow Inc . facilities in Belgium , Brazil , Germany , Michigan and West Virginia combined were able to produce
440,000 pounds
of hand sanitizer , which is the equivalent of 880,000 8-ounce bottles .
The Mid-Atlantic Technology , Research & Innovation Center pivoted to manufacturing hand sanitizer . The company ’ s initial batch filled more than
17,000 8-ounce bottles .
West Virginia distillery Smooth Ambler Spirits committed to making
19,000 750-milliliter bottles
of hand sanitizer , which were shipped to some of the hardest-hit areas in the country .
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