Covid Ppe

• Canada’s once booming PPE industry is now ‘running on fumes.’ Why?

  The scramble for PPE began in the spring of 2020, when governments around the world rushed to procure masks, gowns, gloves and other protective gear as COVID-19 spread.

  Economy

  Mar 16, 2023
  
• Canada knew of PPE supply issues ‘over a decade’ before COVID-19 but was still unprepared: AG

  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland compared the global market for personal protective equipment to the “Wild West” in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  May 26, 2021
  
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• Coronavirus: Hospital cleaners, admin workers need PPE too, unions say

  There has been a growing outcry from hospital workers across the country that there isn't enough personal protective equipment to go around as hospitalizations for COVID-19 rise.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2020