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Coronavirus: Ministers deny missing out on buying 25,000 ventilators

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Ministers have denied missing out on the chance to buy thousands of potentially life-saving ventilators after a business claimed they had missed out  by not responding to an email.

A Chesire based company claimed that it told authorities it could secure 25,000 ventilators but said it did not recieve a reply from the government.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove pledged yesterday that he would investigate the claims. But a Government spokesman told the Telegraph that the firms in question had been spoken to and that their offers had proved not to be deliverable.

Minister last week admitted that they had missed a chance to take part in an EU-wide procurement scheme after a "communications mix-up".

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