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US Military Prepares to Set Up Field Hospitals

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U.S. governors and mayors on Monday became more desperate in their pleas for help obtaining medical supplies from the federal government as the military prepared to set up field hospitals in New York and Seattle to ease the strain on overloaded health services.
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Politics, United States

#coronavirus, #doctors, #healthcare, #NewYork, #rationing, #seattle, #trump, #washington

US Launches Probes as Trump Bans Hoarding, Price Gouging

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to outlaw hoarding and price gouging of crucial medical supplies needed to fight the COVID-19 virus. Joining Trump at a press conference, Attorney General William Barr announced that the Justice Department has already launched hoarding investigations to carry out the order.
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Economy, Politics, United States

#coronavirus, #hoarding, #panicBuying, #priceGouging, #rationing, #trump

New York Warns of Major Medical Shortages in 10 Days

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New York’s mayor issued a stark warning that hospitals across the state would experience major shortages of critical medical supplies in less than 10 days as the city struggles to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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Politics, United States

#coronavirus, #deaths, #doctors, #healthcare, #medicine, #NewYork, #rationing, #shortages

Nurse’s Despair As Panic-buyers Clear Shelves

admin March 20, 2020 0 Comments

An exhausted critical care nurse working on the front lines of the medical response to the coronavirus says that people need to make sure everyone can get healthy food.
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California, United States

#coronavirus, #food, #healthcare, #nurses, #panicBuying, #rationing, #shopping

Taiwan President: Hoard As Much as Possible!

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In contrast to advice given in the U.S. urging consumers not to resort to panic buying, citizens in the island nation of Taiwan were told by the country’s president that they should “buy as much as possible.”

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Asia, Economy

#asia, #coronavirus, #economy, #panicBuying, #rationing, #shopping, #taiwan

Apple Says iPhones Will Be Rationed

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Joining the ranks of corporations responding in various drastic ways to the coronavirus pandemic, Apple announced today that online iPhone purchases will be limited to two per customer until further notice.

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Economy, United States

#apple, #coronavirus, #economy, #iphone, #rationing

Tag Archive: #rationing

US Military Prepares to Set Up Field Hospitals

US Launches Probes as Trump Bans Hoarding, Price Gouging

New York Warns of Major Medical Shortages in 10 Days

Nurse’s Despair As Panic-buyers Clear Shelves

Taiwan President: Hoard As Much as Possible!

Apple Says iPhones Will Be Rationed