Health Ministry reveals increase in PPE and ventilators

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 6:30 p.m.

The Ministry of Health has been boosting its stocks of personal protective equipment - PPE - and increasing hospital space and equipment should there be a major outbreak of the Covid-19. When the virus first struck last year there were concerns over nationwide stocks of PPE. Now the ministry says it's well positioned to manage any community spread. Reporter Ben Strang has asked the Ministry of Health for a stocktake and speaks to Corin Dann.