The U.S. Surgeon General says steps taken this week by President Biden to combat the fast-spreading, highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 will help rural as well as all Americans.
Dr. Viviek Murthy tells Brownfield Ag News six emergency response teams are deploying now to six states including Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. More masks, gloves, gowns and ventilators are being distributed to hospitals across the country and he says one-thousand military doctors and other health professionals are being deployed to help with hospital staff shortages, “We hope to get our rural hospitals and communities through this pandemic.
