NEW YORK (AP) – Scarce supplies of medical equipment are leading to growing competition within the U.S. and among nations, in what one French politician called a “worldwide treasure hunt.” The governor of New York state, the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, has vowed to seize unused ventilators from private hospitals and companies, while President Donald Trump says he’s preventing the export of N95 respirator masks and surgical gloves, a move he said was necessary to ensure that medical supplies are available in the U.S. Worldwide, confirmed infections rose past 1 million and deaths topped 58,000. Europe’s three worst-hit countries – Italy, Spain and France – accounted for more than 32,000 dead, or over half the global toll.