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Coronavirus: B.C. care workers say 70% are seeing ‘critical’ shortage of supplies
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The association representing B.C.’s seniors’ care workers says a strong majority of its members are facing a “critical” shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus crisis.
SafeCare BC says it conducted an “urgent survey” Friday and heard from nearly 500 workers in long-term care homes, assisted living facilities, home support and community living across the province.
The results paint a grim picture. Seventy per cent of those who responded said they are currently experiencing a shortage, with the same number saying they expect to run out of surgical masks by the end of next week.
Close to 40 per cent said they expect to run out this weekend, or didn’t have any in stock. Just over half of those surveyed, 52 per cent,
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