The World Health Organization today declared the coronavirus a pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday released updated recommendations advising that facemasks for clinical providers are an acceptable alternative when there is a shortage of N95 respirators.

Given the pandemic declaration, the American Nurses Association (ANA), representing the nation's 4 million registered nurses, believes a more definitive statement from CDC about the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) is needed.
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