Three of the country’s largest companies representing health centers, doctors, nurses and health care companies called on the Trump administration to declare the spread of COVID-19 a nationwide disaster or emergency on Thursday, saying the classification might free up required resources to help deal with the growing variety of Americans infected with the brand-new coronavirus
” Preventing the spread of COVID-19 is crucial to the health of our country,” the chiefs of the American Medical Facility Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association composed in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday. “It is of upmost significance that any concerns about costs for screening and care be gotten rid of so that people can be screened and if required dealt with.”
Pence is presently leading the nation’s action to the quickly spiraling coronavirus outbreak.
The AMA, @ahahospitals, @ANANursingWorld are contacting the administration to declare #COVID19 a catastrophe or emergency under Stafford Act or National Emergencies Act, a needed step to make sure healthcare services/items are available to aid in response. https://t.co/4DWGodlmKk pic.twitter.com/I3QnzXstVP
— AMA (@AmerMedicalAssn) March 12, 2020
The call comes as coronavirus infections continue to spread out throughout the United States. A minimum of 1,600 people in the country have been identified with the COVID-19 disease, and states have taken significant procedures to attempt to suppress infections. New York banned most gatherings of more than 500 pe