“It was disturbing today to find out that the national strategic stockpile is now empty. We did get 50 ventilators, for which I am very thankful,” Lamont told reporters, according to Reuters. “For now we are on our own. For now we are doing the best to scour the globe for [personal protective equipment] as best we can.”
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Lamont said that state officials were currently looking for medical supplies on the open market worldwide.
“This breaks my heart,” he said. "I feel like a general sending troops into battle without the protective gear they deserve."
He said that April would be a "horrible month" for the state, noting that confirmed cases were continuing to rapidly climb.
The Hill
For every state in the country.
Connecticut reportedly increased its hospital capacity by 50 percent to prepare for a surge in hospitalizations over the next three weeks. Lamont also said he was releasing nonviolent prison inmates to help stem the spread of the disease in state prisons.
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled projections saying that between 100,000 and 240,000 people in the U.S. could die from the coronavirus outbreak even if social-distancing requirements remain in place.
AND called it a job well done!
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