In Battle Against Coronavirus, IDF Converts Assembly Lines to Make Medical Supplies
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by Algemeiner Staff
An Israeli soldier delivers equipment to the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv, which has been converted to receive coronavirus patients, on March 17, 2020. Photo: Tomer Neuberg / Flash90.
As the global coronavirus crisis continues, Israeli military assembly lines designed to make tank components and body armor have been converted to produce protective goggles for medical workers and sanitizer-distribution tools.
In just 12 hours, this IDF Weapons Manufacturing Center began making a new weapon—for the fight against #COVID19.
Previously dedicated to tank parts & body armor, now they’re making protective goggles for medical staff & spray guns for sanitizing public spaces. #StartUpNation pic.twitter.com/9iCReqjA0s
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 1, 2020
Earlier this week, the head of the IDF Medical Corps compared the struggle against the coronavirus to a global war.
