Ninety percent of the federal personal protective equipment stockpile had been depleted as HHS made its 'final shipments' of items. The remaining 10% of the stockpile, HHS said, would be reserved for federal workers and would not be sent to the states.
The remaining 10% of the stockpile, HHS said, would be reserved for federal workers and would not be sent to the states.
President Donald Trump and his administration have insisted that the stockpile of ventilators and personal protective equipment is sufficient to combat the virus. As governors have warned of shortages of ventilators and personal protective equipment, on Wednesday, the Trump administrationits first order under the Defense Production Act, compelling General Motors to deliver 30,000 ventilators by August. General Motors will be reimbursed nearly $490 million by the federal government for the order.
"The federal government is not taking control of the supplies flown into the United States in 'Project Airbridge' or directing private sector suppliers to send supplies to particular hospitals with urgent needs," the Committee said.
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