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New York Mayor warns of shortages in protective equipment

New York City. The New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sees the most important supplies of the hospitals in his city dwindling. In ten days, the basic supply will be at the end, said de Blasio on Sunday evening (local time) the television station CNN. “If we don’t get equipment, we will literally lose lives,” he warned, calling on the federal government to provide protective equipment quickly.

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Hospital workers said they had already been asked to reuse disposable gloves and face masks. Da Blasio said there was also a lack of ventilators. Hospitals in the metropolis had to accept a new wave of sick people on Sunday. Entire departments have been freed up for the treatment of the disease Covid-19 caused by the new coronavirus. A number of hospitals have said they are overwhelmed, said a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn borough.

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