The Canadian government says it's ordering millions of masks and thousands of ventilators to cope with the country's rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that his government has inked deals with three Canadian companies — Thornhill Medical, Medicom and Spartan Bioscience — to make critical medical supplies, including ventilators, surgical masks, test kits and other items, over the coming weeks
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said more than 60 million N95 masks — a type of mask designed and fitted to filter out particles that carry the COVID-19 virus — are expected to arrive later this week.
The federal government also has ordered close to 1,570 ventilators and more than a million COVID-19 test kits.