“The Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t have optimal amounts of protective gear for hospital workers treating coronavirus patients as it competes for supplies amid a nationwide shortage, the department’s top official said Friday.”
“’We don’t have the supplies that we would have in an optimal situation, we have the supplies that we need as the CDC prescribes,’ said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in an interview with The Wall Street Journal…” Read the full article here.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs Supply Chain Interrupted by Pandemic – By Ben Kesling, April 17, 2020. WSJ.