Provincial governments and health care workers are facing a severe shortage of N95 masks. For hospital workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, the N95 masks have become the health-care standard in personal protective equipment because they are designed to filter out tiny virus particles. Joe Audette said he was shocked at how many medical gloves and N95 masks the federal government dumped in a Regina landfill last spring. (Joe Audette)The destruction of the masks surprised some experts in emergency preparedness, who said the masks — even though they had expired — should not have gone to landfill. For hospital workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, the N95 masks have become the health-care standard in personal protective equipment.

Source: CBC News April 15, 2020 08:03 UTC