Ontario has just received an extremely generous donation of crucial personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workershelping to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitals across the province and the world have been scrambling to secure items such as face masks, medical gowns, face shields, goggles and gloves, which are essential when treating COVID-19 patients but are in drastically short supply these days.

Thankfully, electricity generating companyBruce Powerhas just stepped up to donate 600,000 pieces of PPE to the province.

Thank you@Bruce_Power! This morning when I was speaking to@NewsBayshorethey announced they are donating 60,000 pieces of protective equipment to help us in the fight against COVID-19. This is the incredible#OntarioSpirithttps://t.co/uEmxNRJMp0

— Doug Ford (@fordnation)April 1, 2020

Mike Rencheck, the CEO of the Tiverton, Ontario-based conglomerate, shared the news with Premier Doug Ford over local radio today, with Ford calling it "the largest donation we've received so far."

Rencheck补充说,布鲁斯将使用其“物流and supply chain to get this equipment to the front lines as soon as possible." The company will be sourcing the products from its own existing stock, as well as from forthcoming purchases.

Great to see@Bruce_Powerproviding 600,000 pieces of personal protective equipment to support Ontario's fight against#COVID19#PPE#InThisTogether@BizCouncilofCanhttps://t.co/vZ3OuecMAX

— Brian Kingston (@bkingston)April 1, 2020

The news comes at a time when some nurses in Ontariohave been advised to wear surgical masks "until grossly soiled"due to severely scarce resources.

Many healthcare employeesand the facilitiesthey work athave made public pleas for donationsfrom anyone who may have access to any form of PPE, such as estheticians and tattoo studios.

Businesses ranging fromhockey equipment company Bauer, tosmall graphics manufacturing companies, topost-secondary institutionshave recently started using their resources and machinery — including 3D printers — to create pieces of the much-needed items for Canadian hospitals.

Bauer is now making visors for medical staff in Canada instead of hockey playershttps://t.co/k1RMQLnZkO#Canada#Bauer#CanadaLockdown#CoronavirusCanada#COVIDCanada#Coronavirus

— Freshdaily (@freshdaily)March 26, 2020

Countless community groups have also mobilized,organizing PPE drivesto help protect healthcare workers andget them the physical protectionthey need to do their jobs safely.

The provincial and federal governments have alsovowed to purchase billions morein the necessary medical paraphernalia as the number of 2019 novel coronavirus cases across the countrynears 10,000.