WASHINGTON, March 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the
leadership of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) sent a letter to
President Donald J. Trump asking for
help in securing critical supplies and equipment needed to
safeguard first responders and healthcare workers in cities across
the country.
The letter was sent because a new survey released by the
Conference revealed the alarming extent of the shortage of COVID-19
emergency equipment. Mayors representing 213 cities from 41
states and Puerto Rico
reported on the availability of test kits, face masks,
ventilators and other personal protective equipment. The survey
made clear that the shortage of such essential items has reached
crisis proportions and that the safety of city residents,
healthcare workers, first responders and other city workers is
being seriously compromised.
The letter reads in part:
"We are sending our survey report to you because it
demonstrates that, unless the federal government does everything in
its power to help us safeguard our first responders and health care
workers – our first line of defense – and the millions of other
public servants in our cities whose work today puts them at risk,
this life threatening crisis will continue. The three supplemental
appropriations measures that have been enacted will provide us with
badly needed financial assistance. We need help, however, in
securing needed supplies and equipment and know that it is only the
federal government, through your leadership, that can make that
happen."
The full text of the letter can be found here.
About the United States Conference of Mayors
-- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official
nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or
more. There are more than 1,400 such cities in the country today,
and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected
official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook
at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us on
Twitter at twitter.com/usmayors.
View original content to download
multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mayors-to-president-trump-help-us-secure-critical-covid-19-emergency-equipment-301031328.html
SOURCE U.S. Conference of Mayors