; (7) training provided specifically in anticipation of or in response to the event on which such emergency declaration is predicated; (8) personal protective equipment and other critical supplies for first responders and other essential employees; (9) medical equipment, regardless of whether such equipment is used for emergency or inpatient care; (10) public health costs, including provision and distribution of medicine and medical supplies; and (11) costs associated with maintaining alternate care facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event. (b) Major disaster The activities described in subsection (a) may also be eligible for assistance under any major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ) that supersedes the emergency declaration described in such subsection. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to make ineligible any assistance that would otherwise be eligible under section 403 or 502 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170b , 5192).