JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - On Wednesday, Governor Tate Reeves announced a new, online resource to help Mississippi businesses, schools, churches and other organizations who need to purchase personal protective equipment.
The website serves as a hub, where Mississippi businesses can help the state's own residents when it comes to buying PPE items that are in high demand.
Through the website, businesses can also submit their information to become a PPE provider, along with scrolling through a list of businesses which manufacture PPE statwide.
" For to long, we relied on our nations adversary in China to produce this equipment, today there are many small businesses throughout Mississippi who are stepping up, competing and offering these critical goods," said Governor Tate Reeves in his news briefing on Wednesday.
The website is live right now, just visit https://ms-ppe.org/