Volunteers provide Cape Girardeau health care workers with homemade medical face masks

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 ~ Updated 6:08 PM

At Betty Carroll’s front door, you’ll find a welcome mat, a bottle of hand sanitizer and a note instructing visitors to use the disinfectant before entering. The home in Cape Girardeau has been transformed into a makeshift assembly line producing face masks for hospital staff at Saint Francis Medical Center.

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