{"id":3571,"date":"2020-03-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-demand-answers-on-testing-equipment-shortages\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:57","slug":"merkley-wyden-demand-answers-on-testing-equipment-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-demand-answers-on-testing-equipment-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden demand answers on testing, equipment shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have joined 45 of their Senate colleagues in pressing President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for answers about supplies and equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile critical to addressing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

Here’s the rest of their news release, in full:<\/p>\n

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Los senadores pidieron al presidente y al vicepresidente que confirmen cualquier escasez relevante de equipos de suministro en el SNS, que describan su estrategia para cerrar dicha escasez y que aclaren c\u00f3mo planean usar los poderes de la Ley de Producci\u00f3n de Defensa para aumentar la producci\u00f3n de suministros y equipos necesarios para la respuesta a la pandemia.<\/p>\n

“State, local, territorial, and tribal public health agencies are leading the response to the pandemic. These departments know their communities well and are making the best decisions they can to keep their citizens safe,” the senators wrote.<\/p>\n

“However, our constituents working as health care providers and front line responders in hospitals, public health departments, and throughout their communities report the health care system is woefully under-resourced, especially in our rural, underserved areas and minority communities that are often overlooked. This problem is most acute with shortages of supplies and equipment that are desperately needed to test for and treat COVID-19 patients,” they added.<\/p>\n

The senators continued, “Given the scale of the threat that COVID-19 poses to public health, responding to the outbreak is placing substantial strain on state, local, territorial, and tribal public health agencies’ already- limited resources. Furthermore, states and health care facilities who are trying to do as the President says and ‘get it yourself,’ find that the supply simply is not available. We urge you to be proactive and utilize the powers that you invoked on March 18, 2020, under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to mobilize private industry to manufacture the supplies and equipment needed to address this crisis.”<\/p>\n

Los senadores Merkley y Wyden instaron a la administraci\u00f3n Trump a invocar la DPA en March 17,<\/a> citing the immediate and acute need for personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, diagnostic test kits, and other medical supplies. The following day, the President announced that he would heed the senators’ call and use the provision—but has yet to follow through. <\/p>\n

In their most recent letter, the senators call on the president and vice president to answer the following questions no later than March 24:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el estado actual de los suministros en la Reserva Estrat\u00e9gica Nacional (SNS) que se pueden utilizar en la respuesta al COVID-19? Incluya datos sobre qu\u00e9 productos farmac\u00e9uticos, equipos de protecci\u00f3n personal y cualquier otro suministro m\u00e9dico que se encuentre actualmente en el SNS, y la cantidad de estos, se puedan utilizar en la respuesta.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el estado actual a nivel nacional de los suministros y equipos disponibles para detectar y tratar el COVID-19 y cu\u00e1l es la cantidad de suministros y equipos que la administraci\u00f3n ha determinado que es necesaria para proporcionar completamente a las organizaciones estatales, locales y tribales lo que necesitan durante todo el duraci\u00f3n de la pandemia? Incluya la cantidad de equipo de protecci\u00f3n personal (incluidos respiradores N95 y m\u00e1scaras quir\u00fargicas, guantes, batas, protectores faciales, protecci\u00f3n para los ojos), suministros de prueba (incluidos reactivos e hisopos) y ventiladores que est\u00e1 disponible actualmente y la cantidad necesaria durante la duraci\u00f3n de la pandemia<\/li>\n
  3. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la capacidad total actual de pruebas de diagn\u00f3stico de COVID-19 a nivel nacional para laboratorios acad\u00e9micos, comerciales y de salud p\u00fablica por d\u00eda? \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para aumentar la capacidad de prueba? \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo ser\u00e1 suficiente la capacidad de prueba para responder completamente al brote actual?<\/li>\n
  4. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para movilizar a la industria privada para fabricar suministros y equipos bajo el DPA y cu\u00e1l es su cronograma para invocar ese poder?<\/li>\n
  5. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para usar la red MEP para identificar a los fabricantes con capacidad de producci\u00f3n excedente o inactiva? \u00bfCu\u00e1les son sus planes para organizar la experiencia y los recursos del MEP (Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership) y del Instituto Nacional de Est\u00e1ndares y Tecnolog\u00eda para optimizar la producci\u00f3n?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible. aqu\u00ed<\/a> y sigue a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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    21 de marzo de 2020<\/p>\n

    Estimados presidente Trump y vicepresidente Pence:<\/p>\n

    We appreciate the work that has been done so far to ensure that the states, local governments, and tribal organizations we represent in the United State Senate get the supplies and equipment they need to respond to and prepare for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). On February 28, 2020, the first patient in the United States died due to COVID-19, and since then many more have died and thousands have tested positive for the virus. More widespread testing will hopefully provide a clearer picture of the true prevalence.<\/p>\n

    Las agencias de salud p\u00fablica estatales, locales, territoriales y tribales est\u00e1n liderando la respuesta a la pandemia. Estos departamentos conocen bien sus comunidades y est\u00e1n tomando las mejores decisiones que pueden para mantener seguros a sus ciudadanos. Sin embargo, nuestros electores que trabajan como proveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y socorristas de primera l\u00ednea en hospitales, departamentos de salud p\u00fablica y en todas sus comunidades informan que el sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica carece lamentablemente de recursos, especialmente en nuestras \u00e1reas rurales, \u00e1reas desatendidas y comunidades minoritarias que a menudo se pasan por alto. Este problema es m\u00e1s agudo con la escasez de suministros y equipos que se necesitan desesperadamente para evaluar y tratar a los pacientes con COVID-19.<\/p>\n

    On the morning of March 16, 2020, President Trump told the nation’s governors on a phone call to get supplies themselves. Specifically, the President said, “respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves. We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”<\/p>\n

    Given the scale of the threat that COVID-19 poses to public health, responding to the outbreak is placing substantial strain on state, local, territorial, and tribal public health agencies’ already-limited resources. Furthermore, states and health care facilities who are trying to do as the President says and “get it yourself,” find that the supply simply is not available. We urge you to be proactive and utilize the powers that you invoked on March 18, 2020, under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to mobilize private industry to manufacture the supplies and equipment needed to address this crisis.<\/p>\n

    Adem\u00e1s, los centros Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) en todos los estados y Puerto Rico representan una red existente de alta calidad que conecta a peque\u00f1os y medianos fabricantes con expertos t\u00e9cnicos para desarrollar estrategias de innovaci\u00f3n, optimizar las cadenas de suministro y mejorar la eficiencia y la productividad. Dado que la eficiencia, la productividad y la gesti\u00f3n de la cadena de suministro son fundamentales para la fabricaci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida de equipos m\u00e9dicos muy necesarios, le recomendamos que utilice las capacidades y conexiones de la red MEP para acelerar la b\u00fasqueda de capacidad de fabricaci\u00f3n en exceso.<\/p>\n

    Le instamos a que, en un plazo de 3 d\u00edas, proporcione a los miembros del Senado y la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos las respuestas a las siguientes preguntas de una manera que no comprometa la seguridad nacional:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el estado actual de los suministros en la Reserva Estrat\u00e9gica Nacional (SNS) que se pueden utilizar en la respuesta al COVID-19? Incluya datos sobre qu\u00e9 productos farmac\u00e9uticos, equipos de protecci\u00f3n personal y cualquier otro suministro m\u00e9dico que se encuentre actualmente en el SNS, y la cantidad de estos, se puedan utilizar en la respuesta.<\/li>\n
    2. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el estado actual a nivel nacional de los suministros y equipos disponibles para detectar y tratar el COVID-19 y cu\u00e1l es la cantidad de suministros y equipos que la administraci\u00f3n ha determinado que es necesaria para proporcionar completamente a las organizaciones estatales, locales y tribales lo que necesitan durante todo el duraci\u00f3n de la pandemia? Incluya la cantidad de equipo de protecci\u00f3n personal (incluidos respiradores N95 y m\u00e1scaras quir\u00fargicas, guantes, batas, protectores faciales, protecci\u00f3n para los ojos), suministros de prueba (incluidos reactivos e hisopos) y ventiladores que est\u00e1 disponible actualmente y la cantidad necesaria durante la duraci\u00f3n de la pandemia<\/li>\n
    3. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la capacidad total actual de pruebas de diagn\u00f3stico de COVID-19 a nivel nacional para laboratorios acad\u00e9micos, comerciales y de salud p\u00fablica por d\u00eda? \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para aumentar la capacidad de prueba? \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo ser\u00e1 suficiente la capacidad de prueba para responder completamente al brote actual?<\/li>\n
    4. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para movilizar a la industria privada para fabricar suministros y equipos bajo el DPA y cu\u00e1l es su cronograma para invocar ese poder?<\/li>\n
    5. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su plan para usar la red MEP para identificar a los fabricantes con capacidad de producci\u00f3n excedente o inactiva? \u00bfCu\u00e1les son sus planes para organizar la experiencia y los recursos del MEP y del Instituto Nacional de Est\u00e1ndares y Tecnolog\u00eda para optimizar la producci\u00f3n?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Si bien el Congreso ha proporcionado fondos complementarios para las agencias de salud p\u00fablica estatales, locales, territoriales y tribales, la necesidad de apoyo adicional en todo el pa\u00eds sigue siendo alta. La gran magnitud de esta crisis requiere una respuesta a\u00fan mayor de nuestros l\u00edderes nacionales. Los estadounidenses dependen de esto. Esperamos su pronta respuesta.<\/p>\n

      Atentamente, <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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