New York state to produce hand sanitizer using prison labor

Governor Andrew Cuomo says production is in response to shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak

New York state announced it will produce 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer for schools, prisons, transportation systems and other government agencies. The supply will be provided, however, by the labor of the states incarcerated.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference Monday that the production of the hand sanitizer is in response to shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak that now has the state as its epicenter.

We are problem solvers in the state of New York, he said. This is a superior product to products now on the market.

Hand sanitizer is in in high demand as the state tackles the outbreak. More than 100 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in New York State, and an estimated 4,000 people are under strict quarantine.

The sanitizer will be free for eligible government institutions and will only cost $6 a gallon thanks to the hands of inmates at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington county, near the states border with New Hampshire.

Cuomo called increasing price gouging on hand sanitizers and other medical supplies an egregious issue.

The sanitizers will have a scent of flowers, containing 75% alcohol as opposed to the average 60% in those more commercially available.

Cuomo noted, however, that the product will not be available to the general public. He then offered a cheeky warning to leading sellers, including Purell, and Mr. Amazon and Mr. EBAY.

If you continue the price gauging, we will introduce our product which is superior to your product he said. And you dont even have the flower bouquet.

As the US faces a potential pandemic, states are reporting shortages of sanitizer and other items used for medical treatment, including masks, tissue and food as worried Americans bulk buy items.

Last month the FDA released a statement that it is experiencing its first shortages in medicine due to the coronavirus, although it wouldnt detail exactly which drug is in limited supply.

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