ORLANDO, Fla. – Some Central Florida counties report they are only getting a fraction of the personal protection equipment they’re ordering for first responders. "We have not come close to receiving the supplies that Orange County needs," said one county official during Tuesday's virtual county commissioners meeting.
According to a presentation during the meeting, the county reported it has ordered 234,701 N-95 masks, and it has only received 36,046 of them.
They reported ordering 73,691 gowns and only receiving 9,282. They said they ordered 30,818 bottles of hand sanitizer and only received 1,700. "Many of the supplies we simply haven't been able to get because of the global demand," said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. “We’re all