Victorian health care workers are being forced to ration their health care equipment as face mask supplies drop to alarmingly low levels.
Throughout the state’s fight with the coronavirus pandemic, many frontline workers reported being unable to access necessary PPE.
The shortage prompted the Andrews government to encourage local manufactures to modify machinery in an effort to keep up with demand. Nearly 3500 health care workers across the state contracted the virus.
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