Thornton said they received a replacement shipment Wednesday. The masks had a 2010 expiration date, according to the city’s response to a survey by the U.S.
States and cities are receiving shipments from the National Strategic Stockpile to try to relieve shortages in medical equipment because of the COVID-19 outbreak.Ĭhristi Thornton, the city/county emergency management director, said the shipment of 5,880 procedure masks received last week were unusable because of dry rot. April 2: More than 5,000 medical masks that Montgomery County received from the national stockpile were rotted, the local emergency management director said Thursday. Live updates for Thursday, April 2, continue below: County in Alabama received 5,000 rotted masks from national stockpile
