Nurses on the front lines of the Bay Area’s coronavirus response on Thursday called on the state to provide more personal protective equipment, warning that a shortage of masks and gowns could have devastating consequences for medical personnel and their patients.
The registered nurses from UCSF and Seton Medical Center in Daly City — members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United — protested outside their hospitals to highlight a shortage of N95 respirators and other protective gear critical for health care workers treating patients infected with the virus.
Both hospitals received additional medical supplies Thursday [that were] expected to last several weeks...
Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Coronavirus-UCSF-Seton-nurses-call-on-Newsom-to-15175508.php
Here are the governor's recent news conferences which deal in part with available equipment:
April 2:
or direct to https://archive.org/details/newsom4220
April 1:
or direct to https://archive.org/details/newsom4120
March 31:
or direct to https://archive.org/details/newsom3312020
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