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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Joining Regional Purchasing Consortium To Combat COVID-19

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Joining Regional Purchasing Consortium To Combat COVID-19
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Joining Regional Purchasing Consortium To Combat COVID-19
Chantee Lans reports.

CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, THIS ISCBS-3 EYEWITNESS NEWS.THE NOTION OF COORDINATINGTOGETHER AS A REGION MAKES ANENORMOUS A.M.

OF SENSE.WORKING TODAY LEADERS FROM ATRI-STATE JOIN A COALITION INTHE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.GOOD EVENING PENNSYLVANIA, NEWJERSEY AND DELAWARE ARE ON BOARDWITH AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY NETWORKING AND POOLING RESOURCES TOACQUIRE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.THE GOVERNORS SAY THE NEIGHBORLYCOLLABORATION IS FOR THE COMMONGOOD.EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER CHANTEELANS STARTS US OFF.THAT PURCHASING POWER WILLHELP STATES BUY MUCH NEEDEDMEDICAL EQUIPMENT LIKE PERSONALPROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ANDCOVID-19 TESTING KITS FORHEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PATIENTSAT SITES LIKE HERE AT COOPERUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY,PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TOM WOLF,DELAWARE GOVERNOR JOHN CARNEYAND CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR LEADLEMONTE ALL VIRTUALLY JOINED NEWYORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO TODAYDURING HIS DAILY PRESSER.MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLANDARE ALSO PARTICIPATING.GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCED THEREGIONAL PURCHASING CONSORTIUMTHIS AFTERNOON.HE SAYS WORKING TOGETHER WILLINCREASE THE MARKET POWER ANDHELP PREVENT PRICE GOUGING FORMEDICAL EQUIPMENT USED IN THEFIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.BUT SOME OF THE MEDICALEQUIPMENT INCLUDES PPE, TESTINGKITS, AND VENTILATORS.BUT STATES WILL BE LOOKING FORSUPPLIERS FROM WITHIN THE UNITEDSTATES.TODAY NEW JERSEY HEALTHOFFICIALS ANNOUNCE ANOTHER 137DEATHS BRINGING THE TOTAL TO7,871.GOVERNOR MURPHY SAYS THE STATESSHOULDN'T BE COMPETING AGAINSTEACH OTHER TO OBTAIN NECESSARYMEDICAL EQUIPMENT.SO THE NOTION OF COORDINATINGTOGETHER IS AS A REGION MAY SEEMMAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OFSENSE, SO SIGN ME UP AND SIGNNEW JERSEY UP.WE'VE MOVED IN NEW JERSEY ALONE21PPE IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, ALINE OF BUSINESS.WE HAD BEFOREHAND.AND SO THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.WE NEED TO HELP OUR HOSPITALS.WE NEED TO HELP OUR HEALTHCAREWORKERS.WE NEED TO HELP OUR LONG-TERMCARE FACILITIES, OUR FIRSTRESPONDERS.ALL THOSE THINGS.AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE ANDWHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLYPOOLING TOGETHER TO MAKE SUREWE'RE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS.YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING HEADTO HEAD WITH NEW YORK WE'RE NOTGOING TO GET IT.WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT.IF WE'RE ALONG SHOULDER TOSHOULDER WITH YOU AND WITH WITHGOVERNOR MURPHY AND WITHGOVERNOR WOLF WE'VE GOT A GOODCHANCE OF GETTING A BETTER PRICEAND GETTING A PRODUCT THAT WENEED.THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHAND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS 53 OFTHE HARDEST HIT HOSPITALS ARERIGHT HERE IN NEW JERSEY.THEY WILL SHARE AN ESTIMATED$1.7 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY OUTSIDE

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