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Which could be made quickly. in canada, thornhill medical, whose battery—powered ventilators are used by the us military, have been asked by the government there to ramp up production. their portable intensive care device is battery—powered and generates its own oxygen from the air. theyre already ce marked and fda approved, and the designer believes they have the expertise to make them quickly in adapted automotive or aerospace factories around the world. if everybody puts the pedal to the ...

This life—saving equipment helps patients to breathe in the most critical cases when their lung function fails. the uk currently has around 8,000 ventilators in the country, but needs many more. so, how do we urgently get access to more of these machines? can we manufacture more of them in this country? jen copestake has been looking at some of the possible solutions. the uk government has put a call—out to big businesses to help manufacture new ventilators. already, dyson have answered, say...

Now on bbc news, click. the race to make more ventilators. robots on the frontline. and how to look sharp on a digital date. this week, the uk went into lockdown over the continuing coronavirus crisis. we were told to limit all of our activities and stay at home. this comes as the world health organization says the pandemic is accelerating across the globe. hospitals everywhere are facing a shortage of equipment, including ventilators.

A simple circuit. so when you take that little machine i showed you and hook it up to a test lung, it inflates the lung and does it in a way so the virus doesnt get moved around and it doesnt get exposed to anybody in the area. so we took that to the simulation lab, we tested it, improved upon it. its been evaluated in a clinical setting and it works. we now have received subsequent donations of similar machines and well be able to increase our ventilator supply to put us in a position where we ...

>> neil: so, maybe not for weeks, maybe another 8-10 weeks. doctor, thank you very much, we shall see, so good out of you, we appreciate your expertise. dr. feinberg on the front lines helping a lot of folks out and addressing reporters queries, no matter how idiotic. he just touched on the ventilator need and getting them out there. what if i told you you can get these things across easily. one guy working to the tune of about $200 apiece, how do you do that? after this. liberty biberty- cut. w...

>> neil: how would you do? companies like 3m, they have controversy because reports or they were exporting some to the foreign market, that got a tip with the president, they said if we cut of those foreign markets, foreign markets might cut off supplies to us. im not going to get into that. but if a company like 3m is having a devil of a time getting out ventilators at any caused at that higher price, how are you going to be able to do it for $200? >> well, like i said, the parts that are alrea...

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This is 0utside source on bbc news, for viewers in the uk and around the world. were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there are now more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world — 50,000 people have died. for the second week in a row, the us has posted record—breaking unemployment figures. the uk government answers criticism about a lack of testing for health workers. the first priority has to be the patients for whom the re...

This is outside source on bbc news, for viewers in the uk and around the world. were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there are now more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world — 50,000 people have died. for the second week in a row, the us has posted record—breaking unemployment figures. the uk government answers criticism about a lack of testing for health workers. the first priority has to be the patients for whom the re...