President Trump To Invoke Defense Production Act To Increase Production Of Medical Supplies In Response To Coronavirus Pandemic

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will invoke emergency powers to marshal critical medical supplies against a coronavirus pandemic threatening to overwhelm hospitals and other treatment centers.” President Trump “said he would employ the Defense Production Act as needed, giving the government more power to steer production by private companies and try to overcome shortages in masks, ventilators and other supplies.” Meanwhile, “the Senate acted on the economic front, approving legislation to guarantee sick leave to workers sickened by the disease.” https://apnews.com/bd6d92f70e73276c74502fc18e663ae7