Senators expressed concerns that America was unprepared for the coronavirus outbreak during Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's testimony before the Appropriations committee.
Given estimates made by health officials, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told senators on Tuesday that America could need 270 million more face masks to fight the new coronavirus at home.
The issue of masks came up multiple times during the health secretary's testimony before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, as senators pushed for concrete information as to whether America was prepared to respond to the outbreak. Azar acknowledged that the U.S. had a stockpile of supplies, but that the current inventory was inadequate.
The 300 million number isn't an accurate portrayal of the number of health care workers in the U.S. but is based on the assumption that people will need multiple masks because they will have to be replaced. If the strategic national stockpile had sufficient supplies, Azar explained there would be no reason to ask for additional money to procure the masks.
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