Project CURE's Chicago Region Sending Thousands Of Respirator Masks To China

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Tens of thousands of respirator masks are on their way to China to fight the spread of coronavirus and they originated in the Chicago area.The Woodridge warehouse for Project C.U.R.E. had on-hand more than 110,000 N-95 masks with respirators, when word reached the non-profit that that's one of the kinds of medical supplies in great need in the Wuhan, China region where the coronavirus is believed to have originated.