L'Oreal joins fight against coronavirus, to deliver free hand sanitiser to hospitals & pharmacies
The cosmetic brand vowed to keep providing sanitisers for as long as it was needed.
By ET Online and Agencies |
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L'Oreal has been relentlessly working to produce 'hundreds of tons' of hand sanitisers.
As coronavirus started gripping the world, French cosmetics giant L'Oreal put a pause on manufacturing its beauty products and began making sanitiser gel to deal with the world-wide shortage.
On Saturday, the personal care brand took to LinkedIn to inform the people about their progress on the efforts to win the fight against coronavirus. After working on an implementation plan for several weeks, the post said that "new processes were in place in L'Oreal's plants and across the world".
The beauty company has been relentlessly working to produce 'hundreds of tons' of hand sanitiser. It will deliver these sanitiser to hospitals, pharmacies, care homes and food stores at no cost.
The post garnered over 1,970 likes. The cosmetic firm also vowed to keep providing the product as long as it was needed. "Bravo and thank you to all our employees working day in day out in our plants. And thank you for supporting them," the post ended.
The post garnered over 1,970 likes.
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Alongside L'Oreal, several other other cosmetics brands joined the fight against the pandemic. Germany-based Beiersdorf, best known for manufacturing skincare products like Nivea and Coppertone brands, and luxury giant LVMH are also preparing to make medical disinfectants in Europe for hospitals, police and firefighters.
High-end fashion labels Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, both owned by French parent group Kering, also committed to making face masks to ease the shortages during the global crisis.
France, which has been one of the badly-hit countries around the world, has been under virtual lockdown since March 17. The outbreak has so far killed over 2,000 people in France, and more than 33,000 are still sick, according to official numbers.
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