UPDATE: Coronavirus cases surpasses 1,000,000 cases globally as COVID-19 continues to spread, John Hopkins University says.
Trump uses Defense Production Act to streamline ventilator supply chain for manufacturerson Thursday to streamline the supply chain for manufacturers can speed up production as the number of coronavirus cases in the nation rises.
Trump's memo directs Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to help remove supply chain"obstacles" for domestic manufacturers. Those companies include General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, Royal Philips and Vyaire Medical.last week in which he required the company to make ventilators after negotiations fell apart. Rather, this directive facilitates the supply of materials to these companies.
The grocery delivery app will offer the kits for free starting next week to its 200,000 “full-service shoppers” — gig workers who pick all of the products from the store and then drive them to the customer. They will be able to order the kits online, and thousands of units will be made available each day, the company said.
Instacart’s 12,000 “in-store shoppers" — workers who only select products from the store but don’t drive to the customer — will only be offered masks, which can be collected from some of the stores.Share this -
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