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Change in U.S. law will make millions more masks available to doctors and nurses, White House says
Change in U.S. law will make millions more masks available to doctors and nurses, White House says
The law, signed Wednesday, will let U.S. manufacturers sell N95 masks made for industrial uses to hospitals without fear of liability
By Jeanne Whalen
March 20, 2020 at 8:26 p.m. UTC
Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that new legislation will allow tens of millions more protective masks to reach U.S. healthcare workers each month, beginning immediately, but it was still unclear whether total production will be enough to meet demand.
New legislation signed Wednesday provides manufacturers of N95 face masks protection against lawsuits when selling certain masks to healthcare workers, Pence said. That will free producers including 3M and Honeywell to sell tens of millions more masks per month to hospitals, Pence said, helping alleviate alarming shortages that have surfaced in recent weeks amid the coronavirus crisis.
“They are available now,” Pence said when asked when the extra masks would hit the market.
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The change means Minnesota-based 3M will now be free to sell 420 million masks a year to the U.S. healthcare sector, Pence said.
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The law, signed Wednesday, will let U.S. manufacturers sell N95 masks made for industrial uses to hospitals without fear of liability
By Jeanne Whalen
March 20, 2020 at 8:26 p.m. UTC
Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that new legislation will allow tens of millions more protective masks to reach U.S. healthcare workers each month, beginning immediately, but it was still unclear whether total production will be enough to meet demand.
New legislation signed Wednesday provides manufacturers of N95 face masks protection against lawsuits when selling certain masks to healthcare workers, Pence said. That will free producers including 3M and Honeywell to sell tens of millions more masks per month to hospitals, Pence said, helping alleviate alarming shortages that have surfaced in recent weeks amid the coronavirus crisis.
“They are available now,” Pence said when asked when the extra masks would hit the market.
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The change means Minnesota-based 3M will now be free to sell 420 million masks a year to the U.S. healthcare sector, Pence said.
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