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<p>Work preparing the National Health Service for the COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing
and we have already nearly doubled ventilator capacity. New and existing suppliers
are being asked to build as many as they can. The Prime Minister has issued a call
to United Kingdom industry to produce additional ventilators and the Department asked
appropriate potential manufacturers on 13 March to come forward with proposals for
new ventilation machines. Around a dozen potential prototypes have now been presented
to the Department which we are currently pursuing.</p>
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