The masks that are currently produced in China are right now not approved
目前在中國生產的口罩尚未獲準
for export or import in the United States as a class one medical device
在美國出口或進口作為一類醫療器械
which puts a restriction on the amount of supply So without a sufficient
這就限制了供應量 因此如果沒有足夠的
stockpile and options limited oversea America has to look inward
儲備和有限的海外選擇 美國就不得不把目光投向國內
The federal government is calling on the private sector to help fill
聯邦政府呼籲私營部門幫助滿足
the need of medical supplies Honeywell will be the latest company to pivot
醫療用品的需求 霍尼韋爾將成為最新一家將公共衛生作為樞紐和
and prioritize public health by producing N95 masks at its facility here in Phenix
優先考慮公共衛生的最新公司通過在其位於鳳凰城的工廠生產N95口罩
New Balance says many of its U.S. factories including one in Lawrence
新百倫說它在美國的許多工廠，包括勞倫斯的一家
are now producing face masks for hospitals We're seeing automakers start to
現在正在為醫院生產口罩 我們看到汽車製造商開始
get into the business of making ventilators We're seeing distillers
涉足製造通風設備的業務 我們看到釀酒商
started to make hand sanitizer There's a huge ramping up of industrial
開始生產洗手液 美國工業正在迅猛
America that is happening But as we saw during the Second World War
的發生發展 但是正如我們在第二次世界大戰
and in previous wars But with the first shipment of masks from China
和之前的戰爭中所看到的 但隨著來自中國的第一批口罩
landing in New York in early April
and Trump enacting the Defense Production Act
於4月初抵達紐約 特朗普頒佈了《國防生產法案》
to manufacture more masks and respirators domestically millions of masks
在國內生產更多口罩和呼吸器 數以百萬計的口罩
are being made available But it's not enough The solutions that we need
正在生產中 但這還不夠 我們需要的解決方案
and one of the key lessons that I hope we also get out of this in order to
還有從中得到一個重要教訓我希望是為了
be able to diversify our supply chains to make sure that we've got sufficient
使我們的供應鏈多樣化為了確保我們有足夠的
inventory it requires us to take a global view and then a global piece
庫存 它要求我們從全球的角度看問題
so that we can move product and move support from one region that is being
這樣我們就可以把產品和支持從一個今天受到
impacted today to another that's going forward We're again at one of those
影響的地區轉移過來到另一個正在前進的地方 我們再次處在這樣一個
moments where when you respond to a global crisis like COVID- 19
時刻 當你應對像COVID-19疫情這樣的全球危機時
the answer is taking care of things at home but also of learning from your neighbors
答案是在家照顧好自己的事情 同時也要向鄰居學習
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