Gloves, specific face masks and medical gowns are all classified as personal protective equipment (PPE) used by frontline heath care workers like doctors and nurses right now to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
As essential services in Manitoba remain open during physical distancing protocols, one group of health-care workers who are still working are worried because they’re not being given PPE’s by the province to protect themselves. “It is a little frustrating,” pharmacist Carey Lai said when asked how he feels about not getting supplies from the government.
Lai and his staff at Leila Pharmacy don’t have PPE’s to wear, although they are working and speaking to clients daily. Pharmacies are classified as an essential service and will be