Prime Minister is requesting for manufacturers to develop ventilators for the NHS

Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is requesting for manufacturers to help develop ventilators for the NHS in attempts to fight the coronavirus. Johnson will discuss with engineering firms on how they can shift their production lines to develop ventilators to settle matters regarding life-safety equipment.

Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, stated: “If you produce a ventilator then we will buy it, no number is too high. We’ve been working with companies for some time to buy ventilators that are available but also to switch over production to ventilators and other critical equipment, like personal protection equipment for instance. The ventilators are the big thing. Frankly, the demand for them across the world is incredibly high so it’s not possible to produce too many, so anybody who can should turn their production and their engineering minds over to the production of ventilators.”