Jersey-made N95 masks will protect frontline workers

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Jersey-made N95 masks will protect frontline in second wave

Brenda Flanagan for NJ Spotlight

Millions of N95 masks now made at a retooled factory in Paterson could help protect frontline workers as a second COVID-19 wave builds in New Jersey. Hospitals still face a shortage of N95 masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s gold standard, due to disrupted global supply chains and an uncoordinated federal response.

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