A cargo plane full of personal protective equipment landed at the Edmonton International Airport late Sunday night. The cargo jet, which came from China, included 80,000 pounds of procedure masks, gowns and face shields for front-line workers to use through the COVID-19 pandemic. “For us in Alberta, we wanted to make sure we had all of the equipment that health-care workers need,” Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs Kaycee Madu said from the tarmac.
Madu said the Alberta government and the Alberta Health Services procurement unit have been “actively searching for PPE around the world.” A spokesperson with AHS said the equipment will go into the AHS stockpile. “This is one of so many planes that will arrive in Alberta to make sure that we