The Federal Government has a stockpile of millions of these
protective masks.
AAP
In multiple secret locations
across Australia, about $100 million worth of medical supplies — including 20
million masks, antibiotics, vaccines and equipment such as basic hand
sanitisers — is sitting on huge pallets wrapped in plastic, ready to be
deployed.
It has been gradually
accumulated over more than a decade in case of a bioterrorist attack, medical
emergencies or pandemics.
It's known as the National
Medical Stockpile (NMS).
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