CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu is calling up 70 members of the New Hampshire National Guard, and FEMA is sending medical teams to help hospitals with the COVID-19 surge.
Sununu announced a number of other initiatives using federal money to help add health-care staff where needed in hospitals and nursing homes.
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