Medical personnel from Riverside (CA) College Well being Methods hospitals administer a Coronavirus Take a look at to a person throughout drive-through testing within the car parking zone of Diamond Stadium, March 22, 2020 in Lake Elsinore, California.
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Main teams representing U.S. mayors, county executives, police and hearth chiefs and first responders are urging President Donald Trump to make use of a federal act which he up to now has refused to faucet to get them "important private protecting gear" shortly to assist them reply to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Our nation's first responders name on you to deal with the scarcity of important private protecting gear wanted to maintain them wholesome and secure whereas on the job," the teams wrote in a letter to Trump.
"If we lose emergency personnel to the illness, we can not transport individuals to hospitals and defend our residents," they mentioned.
The teams explicitly requested Trump in that letter to "use the total drive and authorities of the...
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