{"id":807505,"date":"2020-05-15T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383399"},"modified":"2020-05-15T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:45:00","slug":"personal-protective-equipment-supply-chain-is-improving-county-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/personal-protective-equipment-supply-chain-is-improving-county-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal protective equipment supply chain is improving, county officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N95 masks and other personal protective equipment are pictured at the Summit Community Care Clinic in Frisco. on March 30.<\/strong>
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Supply chains for personal protective equipment are improving, Summit County Emergency Management Director Brian Bovaird said at Thursday\u2019s Board of Health meeting.<\/p>\n

A nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment like masks, gowns and gloves has left local governments asking for more<\/a>. In Summit County, some of the equipment orders have started to come in, suggesting that the overall supply chain is improving, Bovaird said at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Last week, the county received 2,000 N95 masks and 2,000 isolation gowns from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The order for those materials was placed six to eight weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It\u2019s) a promising sign that the supply chains and everything we\u2019ve been hearing about are starting to open up a bit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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