US healthcare workers on the front lines of the escalating fight against coronavirus describe a grim scene of rationed equipment and lack of testing
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Across the country, health care workers on the frontlines of the escalating fight against Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, describe a grim scene of rationed personal protective equipment -- widely known as PPE -- and lack of testing. Healthcare providers, send us your stories about coronavirusThe scarcity of equipment is at a critical stage, where medical workers are being asked do something that weeks ago would have brought reprimand or even termination: reuse supplies.
Severe shortages of supplies hamper Covid-19 tests 02:50"It's unacceptable that we're sending medical professionals like lambs to the slaughterhouse without giving anything to protect themselves," said Dr. Marianne Hamra, who works in New Jersey."Bandanas and scarves? C'mon CDC -- that's completely ridiculous."Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the American Medical Association, says what she is hearing from her physicians is just unprecedented.
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