{"id":20379,"date":"2021-01-26T15:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=20379"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:33:45","slug":"news-release-adra-deploys-more-than-a-million-medical-masks-to-loma-linda-university-health-as-resurgence-of-covid-19-skyrockets-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/news-release-adra-deploys-more-than-a-million-medical-masks-to-loma-linda-university-health-as-resurgence-of-covid-19-skyrockets-in-california","title":{"rendered":"Comunicado de prensa: ADRA distribuye m\u00e1s de un mill\u00f3n de mascarillas a la Universidad de Loma Linda ante el repunte del COVID-19 en California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SILVER SPRING, MD (January 26, 2021)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has donated 1.6 million protective disposable face masks to Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) in California, to support the hospital\u2019s continued battle against COVID-19. LLUH plans to use ADRA\u2019s donation to protect frontline workers during COVID-19 vaccine operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ADRA delivers more than one-million masks to Loma Linda University Health to support ongoing COVID-19 care.  (Photo courtesy:  Loma Linda Public Relations)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

California state officials report the state remains among the highest U.S. regions for coronavirus with more than 3 million confirmed positive cases and 21,400 hospitalizations since the beginning of the year. (*These numbers are likely to change as more cases are reported.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loma Linda University Health remains steadfast in preparing for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFriends help friends through challenging times, and once again Loma Linda University Health and ADRA have partnered to help their collective communities. With a donation of 1.6 million masks to Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health International, lives will be protected both in this community and throughout the world as these masks are distributed. We appreciate what ADRA has done through this incredible gift,\u201d says Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of Loma Linda University Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LLUH staff store hundreds of boxes with essential face masks donated by ADRA to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine hub operations. (Photo courtesy: Loma Linda Public Relations)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 3-ply-mask stockpile will be used at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic soon to open on the campus of Loma Linda University.   LLUH also intends to utilize the protective supplies at international mission hospital sites around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cADRA is committed to protecting healthcare workers during this crisis. We will continue to support medical facilities like Loma Linda University Health and other hospitals around the world to meet the urgent demand of essential medical supplies in this ongoing pandemic,\u201d says ADRA\u2019s President Michael Kruger. \u201cWe are thankful to ADRA\u2019s donors, and collaborative partners like LIFT Nonprofit Logistics, Partnership for Humanity, and Global Specialty Services who help us serve vulnerable communities in the U.S. and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For details on ADRA\u2019s COVID-19 emergency response, visit ADRA.org\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la respuesta de LLUH a COVID-19 en lluh.org\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist inquiries are accepted at press@adra.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acerca de Loma Linda University Health<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loma Linda University Health includes Loma Linda University\u2019s eight professional schools, Loma Linda University Medical Center\u2019s six hospitals and more than 1,000 faculty physicians located in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Established in 1905, Loma Linda University Health is a global leader in education, research and clinical care. It offers over 100 academic programs and provides quality healthcare to over 40,000 inpatients and 1.5 million outpatients each year. A Seventh-day Adventist organization, Loma Linda University Health is a faith-based health system with a mission \u201cto continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acerca de ADRA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Agencia Adventista de Desarrollo y Recursos Asistenciales es el brazo humanitario internacional de la Iglesia Adventista del S\u00e9ptimo D\u00eda que presta servicio en 118 pa\u00edses. Su labor empodera a las comunidades y cambia vidas en todo el mundo proporcionando desarrollo comunitario sostenible y ayuda en caso de cat\u00e1strofes. El prop\u00f3sito de ADRA es servir a la humanidad para que todos puedan vivir como Dios manda. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, visite ADRA.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Agencia Adventista de Desarrollo y Recursos Asistenciales (ADRA) ha donado 1,6 millones de mascarillas protectoras desechables a la Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) de California, para apoyar la lucha continua del hospital contra el COVID-19.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[284,614,783,792],"tags":[1094,774,1079,1138,690],"class_list":["post-20379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","category-north-america","category-united-states","tag-adventist-health","tag-covid-19","tag-crisis","tag-partner","tag-protection"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20379"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45958,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379\/revisions\/45958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}