With shortages of medical gear threatening lives as coronavirus cases explode, the city of Los Angeles is moving to create a centralized place to buy and sell critical goods
As hospitals battle the coronavirus, they’re baffled as the Trump administration seizes hard-to-stock medical supplies.
On the backend, Seroka said the city will leverage the technology and expertise of the port, which moved nearly $300 billion in cargo last year and is the busiest port in the Western Hemisphere, to track cargo to speed deliveries, and ensure that the city isn’t buying goods out from under the hospitals it’s trying to help.
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