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Fashion industry great Rajo Laurel on Wednesday started to produce free personal protective equipment (PPE) and suits for medical frontliners.

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Isang post na ibinahagi ni Rajo Laurel (@rajolaurel) noong Jan 12, 2020 nang 9:30pm PST

In his Instagram Stories, the acclaimed fashion designer posted the sewing process of the suits as well as the final PPE prototype he's going to distribute soon.

PPE suits should not be made of ordinary fabric. According to Rajo, the best find is Tyvek, a high-density polyethylene fiber and a suitable protective clothing material that can protect the body against liquids and chemicals.

To create more medical-grade PPEs clothing for frontliners, Rajo also asked the public for donations of such fabric and other materials.

“We are able to open our factory to create much needed medical grade PPE's for our frontliners. We need waterproof materials, 28 inches plastic zippers, ¼ garter thread.

“Material is usually called Tyvex manufactured by Dupont,” he said.

In one of his latest posts, Rajo vowed to continue arm our frontliners in the fight against the contagious 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

“Thank you everyone who helped and reached put. We'eve only just begun! We won't stop! A privilege and an honor to arm and suit up our frontliners,” he added.

Meanwhile, actress Anne Curtis has also helped Rajo raise the much-needed fund to buy the fabric.

Rajo is one of the fashion couturiers and brands that stepped up to help create solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

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