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In the United States, many hospitals have reported a shortage of PPE for hospital staff. As COVID-19 cases increase, it is suggested that the United States will need far more surgical masks than they currently have. The shortage of PPE has put many healthcare workers at risks for getting infected with COVID-19. Healthcare workers have created unconventional solutions to make up for the lack of PPE by using the resources they have in stock. They have used plastic bags as gowns and plastic water bottle cutouts for eye protection. The shortage of PPE is even worse for hospitals in low income communities. Items such as PPE have always been scare commodities in low income countries. UICEF reported that the organization was only able to acquire one tenth of the 240 million masks requested by these communities. The number of deaths in Italy continued to go up. By April 2020, the estimated number of medical doctor deaths was about 119 and for nurses about 34. Two of the deaths within those who were nurses were suicides due to unsustainable pressure at work.