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Coronavirus outbreak: strained hospitals running low on supplies
As COVID-19 hit its first U.S. epicenter, doctors in Seattle told McLaughlin they were running out of protective equipment — part of a report on hospitals facing shortages of staff, ventilators, beds and PPE.
In the pandemic’s first weeks — with Seattle at the center of the U.S. outbreak — doctors told McLaughlin they were running out of personal protective equipment. The Nightly News report covered hospitals from Seattle to New York bracing for shortages of staff, ventilators, beds and supplies, and health-care workers warning the system could be overwhelmed.
Why it mattered
Among the earliest national reporting on the PPE shortage that would become a defining failure of the U.S. pandemic response.
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