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Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines
Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines A total of 192,000 N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment seized from a black market dealer busted by the FBI is being sent to the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Thursday. The distributed equipment also includes 130,000 surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer, and bottles of spray disinfectant, they said. The equipment was seized from Baruch Feldheim, 43, who federal authorities said had enough black market…

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Cuomo Calls On Medical Supplies To Be Nationalized As Number Of NY COVID-19 Deaths Reaches 114 Cuomo Calls On Medical Supplies To Be Nationalized As Number Of NY COVID-19 Deaths Reaches 114
Cuomo Calls On Medical Supplies To Be Nationalized As Number Of NY Covid-19 Deaths Reaches 114 Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on the federal government to immediately nationalize vital medical supplies by using the defense production act as the number of deaths related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 114 in New York State. Nationally, also as of midday Sunday, March 22, there have been 374 COVID-19 related deaths. (See first image above.) "We need the materials now," Cuomo said. "We are competing with other states to get supplies, and it shouldn't be that way." Cuomo said that has led to price gouging, what he called a "mad bidding war" with masks that normally s…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship COVID-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship
Covid-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship In an effort to reduce density amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will order all non-essential businesses in New York to have at least half their employees work from home. The move does not affect essential services such as food, pharmacies, healthcare, shipping, supplies, etc. The state will be providing a full list of exempted businesses in the statewide executive order, Cuomo said at a news conference on Wednesday, March 18 in Albany. Cuomo said the move was made in an attempt to "flatten the curve," and prevent an expected sp…

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by Joe Lombardi