California will buy more than 200 million masks a month in coronavirus fight, Gov. Newsom says
The identities of those suppliers were not available Tuesday night, nor were details about the number of masks each would be supplying to the state. The Newsom administration did not disclose the state’s cost for acquiring the monthly supply of 200 million masks.Newsom on Tuesday issued an executive order to speed up the state’s ability to procure necessary medical supplies to fight COVID-19, suspending state purchasing and exempting suppliers from sales taxes for items purchased by the state.
The Legislature has also approved emergency spending of up to $1 billion on pandemic-related needs. To date, about $362 million of that amount has been spent.Newsom on Tuesday said the state already has distributed 41.4 million N95 masks across California, including 1 million from the federal government.
“It’s not an indictment. It’s not a cheap shot. At the end of the day, they don’t have the masks at the national stockpile,” Newsom said Tuesday of the federal response. “We decided enough of the small ball. Let’s use our purchasing power. Let’s go at scale.” Newsom said the consortium will supply at least 150 million N95 masks to be used by frontline healthcare providers as well as 50 million surgical masks.
The governor said California may share the cache of masks with other states that are also in need of medical supplies.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Dua Lipa's Top 5 Billboard 200 Debut Is a Big Pop Moment for Warner RecordsDua Lipa lands her first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her second effort, Future Nostalgia, debuts at No. 4 (on the April 11-dated chart). It easily surpasses the No. 27 peak of the pop singer-songwriter’s self-titled debut in February 2018.
Lire la suite »
California has enough ventilators, coronavirus peak expected in May, Newsom saysGov. Gavin Newsom says California is lending 500 ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile to help New York and other coronavirus hot spots.
Lire la suite »
Coronavirus: Lady Gaga raises $35 million, curates TV event with Paul McCartney, Billie EilishLady Gaga and advocacy organization Global Citizen have raised $35 million to fight the coronavirus.
Lire la suite »
Gov. Newsom's California Health Corps to fight coronavirus is unprecedented. Now he needs to produceIt’s an effort to build up a reserve army of backup doctors, nurses and other medical care specialists who can be called up to replace frontline providers when they get overwhelmed by surging caseloads or become sick themselves.
Lire la suite »
California locks down more than 4,600 beds to prepare for coronavirus surgeThe state of California has secured more than 4,600 beds to prepare for a surge of coronavirus cases, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced
Lire la suite »