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Class! Cowes Teacher Making Visors For Isle Of Wight Community

An Isle of Wight teacher has joined the fight against coronavirus, by manufacturing vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Island's community. Mr Ivan Kirk, who teaches Design Technology at Cowes Enterprise College, has been using school facilities to make visors. The PPE will be used to by Isle of Wight organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cowes Enterprise College says initial orders have already come in, following a series of tests.

Here at CEC, Design Technology's Mr Ivan Kirk has been manufacturing visors to be used by organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic here on the Isle of Wight.

Initial orders for the visors have come in after a series of tests and evaluations by their front line teams. pic.twitter.com/LYOPNCwEUG — Cowes Enterprise College (@CowesEC) April 20, 2020 As previously reported by Isle of Wight Radio, an Isle of Wight based design student has joined the effort to help provide key workers with personal protective equipment as they fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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