The U.S. strategic stockpile has limited resources, government officials and public health experts say, which weren't at full capacity even before the coronavirus was on the horizon.
Formed in 1999, the stockpile employs 200 people who procure, store and distribute materials in times of emergency. Supplies are in"strategically located warehouses throughout the country ready for deployment," although the number of warehouses and their locations are closely guarded secrets for national security reasons, officials with the Department of Health and Human Services told NBC News.
"That stock was never replenished because we never received additional appropriations," Burel said."We are not in the optimum situation right now." HHS said that it has been"transparent that more supplies are needed" and that it has requested additional funding to procure more and scale up production.
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