Monks, Chemists and Distillers Produce Hand Sanitizers for the Poor

With high demand for disinfection fluids across the globe, more and more companies, governments and even monasteries are stepping in to help those in need and curb the spread of COVID-19.

The state of New York, USA, for example, is planning to make 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer per week for free distribution across the “most impacted and high risk communities and state agencies”. 

In Ukraine, monks are helping those in need by producing hand sanitizers at one of the nation’s oldest monasteries, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and supplying them to areas all over the country. Chemists in universities in Pakistan and Sweden are also making hand sanitizers, while British chemical giant INEOS has stated its intentions to quickly build a factory in England – along with a similar plant in Germany – to produce a million bottles a month to distribute to hospitals for free.

Gin distillers and fashion brands are more examples of corporations taking action, with the world’s largest distiller, Diageo, announcing it would internationally donate enough alcohol to make 8 million 250ml bottles of sanitizers.