Scarce supplies of medical equipment are leading to growing competition within the US and among nations, in what one French politician called a “worldwide treasure hunt.”
The governor of New York state, the epicenter of the US outbreak, vowed to seize unused ventilators from private hospitals and companies, while President Donald Trump said he was preventing the export of N95 respirator masks and surgical gloves, a move he said was necessary to ensure that medical supplies are available in the US.
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