UK scraps plans to buy thousands of ventilators from Formula One group
by Rob Davies from Science | The Guardian on (#523Y1)
Model by Renault and Red Bull F1 teams found unsuitable for complex treatment of coronavirus
A plan to buy thousands of medical ventilators from a group including the Renault and Red Bull Formula One teams has been cancelled amid signs that symptoms specific to Covid-19 could make building new devices more difficult than hoped.
The NHS needs to increase its stock of ventilators from 10,000 to at least 18,000 and the government has been scrambling to procure enough in time for a peak of cases expected by the end of the month.
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