HHS To Provide TYVEK Protective Suits For U.S. Health Care Professionals

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an agreement with DuPont to expedite the delivery of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) needed for frontline U.S. health care workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. DuPont will deliver 450,000 TYVEK® suits to the United States from its Hanoi, Vietnam manufacturing facility this week. HHS anticipates receiving 2.25 million TYVEK suits over the next five weeks with an option to continue purchasing up to a total of 4.5 million TYVEK suits.

Through an existing government transportation contract, FedEx will transport the TYVEK suits from . . .