Gov. J.B. Pritzker ripped the White House for its lackluster response as states like his combat the growing spread of coronavirus.
” in handling the pandemic, as well as Trump’s repeated questioning of whether states really do need more equipment and assistance at the federal level.
“I can’t emphasize enough how much we need the federal government to step up and amplify the size of their PPE deliveries to Illinois, and frankly, across the nation,” Pritzker said on Monday.to invoke the Defense Production Act “to put order into the market for ventilators and PPE” and “allow states on the front lines to access the equipment we need.
On Saturday, Pritzker thanked businesses and individuals for donating their own supplies and equipment to make up for the lack of federal help. “Each mask, or gown, or set of gloves will make a difference for one of our frontline workers, and all of our donors should be proud of their part,”The governor also said in his briefing on Monday that the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago will be turned into a field hospital with 3,000 beds, 500 of which are expected to be ready for use by the end of this week.The
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