AUSTRALIAN health workers dealing with COVID-19 patients will share in an extra 54 million new face masks, as announced by Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, yesterday.
A combination of surgical masks, P2 and N95 respirators have been secured for the National Medical Stockpile.
Hunt said the masks should be arriving by the end of Apr and would be distributed as required to health care workers.
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