BREAKING: UK says 300 ventilators arrived from China today for fight against coronavirus
Michael Gove has confirmed that hundreds of new ventilators have arrived in the country to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said hundreds of new ventilators were being manufactured in the UK every day and more had been sourced from abroad – including 300 which arrived from China today. More ventilators will start being produced soon by a consortium of aerospace, engineering and Formula One teams, Mr Gove added.
He continued: ‘We’ve been buying invasive ventilators from partners abroad, including Germany and Switzerland, and today 300 new ventilators arrived from China, I’d like to thank the Chinese government.’supports HTML5 videoIt follows concerns that the country does not have enough ventilators or specialist equipment to deal with the outbreak as effectively as possible.
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