More than 1 million protective masks will be released from Australia’s National Medical Stockpile (NMS) as healthcare workers struggle to secure supplies from traditional stockists.
According to a spokesperson from the Department of Health, more than 860,000 masks have been distributed to doctors and healthcare workers across the country, “and a further 200,000 have been reserved for immediate distribution to PHNs (Primary Health Networks) should they be required,” the Department said in an email to The Epoch Times.
