The Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, advised states to pursue all options to procure equipment.
WASHINGTON — Two governors of states seeing a surge in coronavirus cases sounded the alarm Sunday about the lack of resources to respond to the crisis and warned that shortages of ventilators and protective equipment could overwhelm hospitals as soon as this week.
“We know that if we don’t flatten the curve, we are on a trajectory currently to exceed our capacity in the New Orleans area for ventilators by about April the 4th, and all beds available in hospitals by about April the 10th,” Edwards said. When asked about how governors should address those looming equipment shortages, White House Coronavirus Task Force response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said that it will take a double-barreled approach to be successful: The federal government “looking to increase procurements, and states looking for every single option that they have.”
Whitmer raised frustration with the that process, however, noting that the reality is that states and the federal government are all “bidding against one another” as they look to procure more ventilators and other important equipment.
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