Anchorage officials: City needs COVID-19 protective gear, including homemade masks, ‘immediately’

Trish Siza was the first health care provider to greet people in Anchorage seeking COVID-19 testing earlier this month at a drive-thru testing location. (Photo by Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage officials are again asking people, businesses and medical providers to donate protective equipment “immediately,” including homemade masks, because of a shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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