At the initiative of its Laboratory for Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), a donation of a stock of 4,000 masks and 1,500 gloves was made to Médecins du Monde Ile-de-France. This was a strong gesture, at a time when healthcare workers, on the front line in the face of the pandemic, are cruelly lacking in protective equipment, despite the government requisition decreed at the beginning of March.
Judiciously diverted, the donated equipment is usually used in the world of astrophysics and is used for the integration in clean rooms of instruments intended to equip space missions.
The masks were quickly distributed, with LESIA receiving thank you emails from hospitals.
This great initiative was also relayed by the CNRS in all the laboratories and promises to snowball.
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