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Ferrari helps design new low-cost ventilator in coronavirus battle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 02:43 AM

Formula One team Ferrari announced Wednesday they have helped develop a new low-cost ventilator which can be used in the fight against coronavirus.   Read more »

Overloaded ventilator fire kills five 5 coronavirus patients in Russia - media

Reuters
Posted at May 12 02:17 PM

MOSCOW - A fire apparently started by an overloaded ventilator killed five novel coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit in a Russian hospital on Tuesday, news agencies reported. Read more »

Pinoy inventors create ventilators out of snorkeling masks

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 03 12:13 AM

MANILA - Saving lives is no walk in the park, but for entrepreneur and Filipino Inventors Society fellow Arnel Marcelo Andal and Autocad expert and designer Edzel Orense, they had to make things work with available materials at the moment. Read more »

Mga Don Bosco alumni, gumawa ng ventilator sa panahon ng banta ng COVID-19

Abner Mercado, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 12:35 PM

Isa si Engineer Romel Pasia sa mga alumni ng Don Bosco na lumikha ng low-cost ventilator para punan ang kakulangan nito sa gitna ng COVID-19 crisis.   Read more »

China eases restrictions on exports of some coronavirus equipment

Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 02:54 PM

The new ruling applies to products such as coronavirus tests, medical masks, protective suits, infrared thermometers, and ventilators. Read more »

DOH requests DBM for purchase of ventilators worth P1.3 B amid COVID-19 crisis

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 06:50 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it has already asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to purchase ventilators for COVID-19 patients. Read more »

China delays mask and ventilator exports after quality complaints

Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 13 09:50 AM

Chinese officials have begun inspecting every shipment of N95 respirators, ventilators and other medical supplies for quality issues before export, a policy likely to delay the arrival of critical gear at hospitals around the world that are struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

iPhone manufacturer says to make ventilators in COVID-19 fight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 02:19 PM

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn will make ventilators with US firm Medtronic Plc to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. Read more »

As coronavirus rages, Metro Manila private hospitals face shortage of staff, medical supplies

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 07:52 PM

As Luzon entered its 3rd week of the enhanced community quarantine, private hospitals in Metro Manila are facing a shortage of health workers and medical supplies to battle the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a group said Friday. Read more »

Robredo's brother-in-law makes improvised ventilators as shortage looms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 08:02 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo has called on donors to support her brother-in-law, who created improvised ventilators as they prepare for a possible shortage due to the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read more »

Trump accuses hospitals of hoarding ventilators

Nandita Bose and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 07:37 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump accused hospitals on Sunday of hoarding ventilators that are in scarce supply across the United States as the coronavirus spreads, adding any hospitals not using the devices must release them. Read more »

US could face 200,000 coronavirus deaths, millions of cases: Fauci

Doina Chiacu and Tom Polansek, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 30 07:29 AM

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO - U.S. deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government's top infectious diseases expert warned on Sunday as New York, New Orleans and other major cities pleaded for more medical supplies. Read more »

Industry races to meet demand for ventilators amid COVID-19 pandemic

Marie-Morgane Le Moel with AFP bureaus
Posted at Mar 25 03:14 PM

Manufacturers are on a mission to produce desperately needed medical ventilators for the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means converting assembly lines now making auto parts. Read more »

Ford joins 3M, GE in speeding up ventilator, respirator production

Reuters
Posted at Mar 24 09:01 PM

Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it was working with General Electric's healthcare unit and 3M Co to speed up production of ventilators for patients and respirators for healthcare workers as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. Read more »