Family Textile Business Now Makes Medical Gowns to Survive

A machinist sews a surgical gown at shirtmaker McNair, during the nationwide lockdown in northern England, on April 17, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

An Australian family-owned business has pivoted from its usual production to manufacture thousands of medical-grade surgical gowns in the fight against the CCP virus pandemic.

Clets Linen & Co. will produce 3,750 disposable isolation gowns in its first production run for the National Medical Stockpile.