TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) - The state of Florida has ordered a wide variety of supplies from the federal government and the private sector in an effort to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
State officials are ordering the following items from the federal government:
- 5,000 ventilators
- 5,000 cots
- 1 million masks
- 15,000 personal protective equipment kits, which include goggles and jumpsuits.
The state has ordered the following items from the private industry:
- 2 million masks
- 2 million meals
- 1,500 ventilators
- 1,500 hospital beds
- two 250-bed mobile hospitals
- one 100-bed mobile hospital
The state also has a contract for 100 nurses to be on standby in case they need to be rushed to help at a local hospital.
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