As the province eyes a slow and gradual reopening from the shutdowns that have been imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears London will be well prepared when that time comes.
Over the last several months, the city has amassed a stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE), including hundreds of thousands of masks and gloves, hundreds of tubs of disinfectant wipes, and dozens of litres of sanitizer, according to London’s manager of corporate security and emergency management, Dave O’Brien.
The process of building such a stockpile began in January as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, began a rapid spread within China. “Since then, we’ve continued through this whole period and making sure that we have PPE available as best