Breaking: Michigan gets 100K N95 masks, federal disaster declaration
More than 100,000 N95 masks arrived in Saturday’s shipment from the strategic national stockpile to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and more supplies are supposed to be on their way.
“This morning we received 112,800 N95 masks in our shipment from the strategic national stockpile w/8k more on the way. Great news for our health care workers. We’ll keep working hard along with FEMA and the White House to get more of the PPE we need to keep Michiganders safe,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote on Twitter Saturday morning.
Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has been working with Whitmer on myriad executive orders, including the stay at home order issued Tuesday, praised the governor’s action.
“This is what it looks like when you have a Gov who works 24/7 for months at a time because she knows nothing is more [important] than saving the lives of her state residents,” Nessel wrote on Twitter. “In 2018, voters in MI wanted a [government] that cared about people again. Well-you got that. Thank you @GovWhitmer.”*
In addition, just one day after Whitmer submitted a letter to President Trump on Thursday requesting a major disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the request was granted. That included additional funding to the state to set up field hospitals or other health care facilities, and provide assistance for meals, housing relief and mental health services.
https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/03/28/breaking-michigan-gets-100k-n95-masks-federal-disaster-declaration/
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This is welcome news . . . .
