The tri-state area is the epicenter of the nation's growing coronavirus epidemic. The statement said a "majority of these supplies will be provided by FEMA to the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut with the rest going to nursing homes in the area and to other high risk areas across the country." A handful of American health care distributors purchases the supplies, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid for the Shanghai-to-New York flight.
Sunday's shipment included 130,000 N95 masks, nearly 1.8 million other face masks and gowns, more than 10.3 million gloves and more than 70,000 thermometers, according to a White House statement. the normal 20-40 days they would take to arrive if they were shipped by sea." The White House says the flights "will result in these critical medical supplies reaching the United States in 2-3 days vs. N95 masks are seen during a donation drive this week.Ī planeload of health care supplies arrived in New York City on Sunday from China, part of an effort the White House says will expedite the arrival of goods that are badly needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic.Īccording to the Trump administration, Sunday's arrival was the first of approximately 20 flights through early April for a public-private partnership it's calling Project Airbridge.
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