Giorgio Armani's production plants switch to manufacturing medical overalls for healthcare workers

The Italian production plants of luxury brand Giorgio Armani have switched to manufacturing single-use medical overalls for healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Giorgio Armani announced the news on their Facebook page on Saturday.

In normal operations, the Italian luxury fashion brand manufactures haute couture and ready-to-wear leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, cosmetics and home interiors.

The Armani Group has also donated to hospitals and organizations in Italy, including the National Civil Protection Department and the Luigi Socco, the Instituto dei Mori hospital in Milan, the Instituto Spallanzani in Romo, and several more in the Tuscany Region of Italy.   

According to the World Health Organization Situation report as of March 29, Sunday, Italy has 92,472 cases with 10,023 deaths.

Fashion designers from all over the world have started developing designs for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) alternatives to address the shortage.

In the Philippines, fashion designer Mich Dulce and her team created the first medically-reviewed open source PPE suit.

The Philippine government was criticized for failing to provide healthcare workers with PPE.

The Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire explained the lack of PPE supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic is due to global shortage. --Jannielyn Bigtas/MGP, GMA News