The United States Ambulance Association reported in Department of Health and Human Services that the emergency medical system is “at the limit” due to the situation with the coronavirus, reports NBC News citing the received document.
“The emergency medical system” 911 “in all states is at the limit of its capabilities. Without additional assistance, collapse is possible,” the message says. The association said that ambulance workers need a total of $ 2.62 billion at a rate of $ 43.5 for each of the approximately 60,000 ambulances responding to emergency 911 calls.
Similar requests were received earlier, but apart from the payment in April in the amount of $ 350 million, the association received nothing. “Compared to what other (agencies) we know in the health sector have received, this is only a small fraction,” said New York City Ambulance Officer Hanan Cohen.
Previously, the US Department of Health’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices identified the first recipients vaccines against coronavirus. They should be healthcare professionals and the elderly living in nursing homes.