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President Trump says the government’s procurement and distribution system is “a fine-tuned machine,” but many hospitals and state governors say they’re still struggling to get what they need.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mike Bowen, whose company Prestige Ameritech makes surgical masks in Texas, about why he’s unhappy about the flood of orders coming in for his product.

Acting Prime Minister Leo Varadkar reregistered as a medical practitioner with the country’s Health Service Executive in March and will begin to work one shift a week.

The U.S. trails only Italy (16,523 dead) and Spain (13,055 dead) in the number of people lost to the pandemic.

More than 14,000 people have now been hospitalized in New York City for COVID-19. But two large overflow facilities have been operating far below their capacity.

An office of the Department of Health and Human Services surveyed 323 U.S. hospitals and found shortages of “intravenous therapy poles, medical gas, linens and food.” Many are still scrambling.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Dr. David Skorton, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, about ways the U.S. should prepare for the next pandemic.

Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, tells NPR’s Michel Martin how his rural medical center is preparing for a rise in coronavirus cases.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Letitia James, attorney general of New York, about her call for nationwide access to abortion during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the coronavirus spreads, there is growing public concern over some of the methods being used by governments to enforce containment methods.