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Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents
Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents A Brooklyn man caught hoarding enough black market medical supplies to “outfit an entire hospital” deliberately coughed on investigating FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus, federal authorities said Monday. Baruch Feldheim, 43, violated an executive order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week that makes it illegal to hoard certain scarce health and medical resources, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. These included N95 filtering face-piece respirators, personal protection equipment (PPE), surgical masks, disinfecting devices and ot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56
Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Sixteen new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Hoboken bringing the total to 56 -- including a police officer -- as of Thursday, officials said. The officer has not had contact with others in his department since March 11, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said. Hoboken University Medical Center Update is projected to run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) in six days, Hoboken 5th Ward Councilman Phil Cohen said. The hospital is nearly capacity of ventilators for critical patients. Also needed are N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns and gloves. Anyone who wants to donate can email MontanezW@ho…

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by Cecilia Levine