U.S. Department of Defense to procure 8,000 new ventilators March 31 11:02
The U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement on the 30th, investing more than $ 84 million (approximately ¥ 9 billion in Japanese yen) to 8,000 vehicles in response to the spread of the new coronavirus and the imminent medical practice. Clarified that a new ventilator will be procured.
The Pentagon has so far announced that it will contribute up to 2,000 military-owned respirators, but in the eastern state of New York, where the United States is the most infected, ventilators needed for severely ill patients The shortage of is becoming serious and we decided to take further action.
On the 27th, President Trump ordered a major automaker, GM = General Motors, to produce a respirator in a medical setting based on the National Defense Production Law, which calls for private companies to cooperate under President's authority. We are in a hurry to secure a respirator.
The Pentagon also dispatched hospital ships to New York and Los Angeles, and plans to renovate 114 facilities, including conference halls, in the United States into temporary hospitals. We are strengthening it.