Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that companies across the country are now producing medical supplies, including hundreds of ventilators, as part of Canada’s battle to increase desperately needed equipment in the fight against COVID-19.
Thornhill Medical, based in the Greater Toronto Area, is making 500 ventilators that will arrive at hospitals and health-care facilities in early April, the prime minister said. “We are seeing the best of what it means to be Canadian,” Trudeau told reporters. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The federal government has signed five contracts with companies since March 20 to produce equipment like masks and rapid tests for the new coronavirus.