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HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted

by Associated Press
| April 9, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients.

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