PPE

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said the government planned to dispose of 15,000 pallets a month of the gear “via a combination of recycling and burning to generate power.”

Masks and shields, gloves and goggles are allowable expenditures under the bill.

City Council member Andy Thomson introduced an ordinance to ticket PPE droppers with a $250 fine after noticing how much trash he saw on his daily run.

The bill, approved by the House Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee, would allow practitioners to purchase personal protective equipment from the state during declared emergencies.

Researchers say “very low”-quality research from the 2003 SARS outbreak drove guidelines on who got the best PPE, leaving those most at risk exposed.

The Jacksonville nurse said if the public were able to see hospital internal tracking sheets, it would be helpful.

More than eight months into the pandemic, stockpiling of protective equipment by wealthy hospital systems is straining other facilities that need to keep their front-line workers safe.

A third of Venezuela's reported COVID deaths are frontline healthcare workers. Efforts are underway to protect them – but the regime may block the help.