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Few N95 masks, reused gowns: Dire PPE shortages reveal COVID-19's racial divide

from NBC News

Few N95 masks, reused gowns: Dire PPE shortages reveal COVID-19's racial divide NBC News Nearly 100 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, healthcare workers across the country are still facing major shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, including crucial equipment such as masks, gowns, gloves and N95 respirators. Amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases across the United States, the situation is especially dire at hospitals serving communities of color or patients on Medicaid, NBC News has found. READ MORE

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