Alongside Trump’s order to ban exports, the European Union has also placed restrictions on the sale of medical protective equipment outside its membership zone. “It is really a wild west when it comes to buying medical supplies right now. This is a global pandemic and every country in the world is doing its best in a truly fierce competition to get medical equipment,” Freeland told reporters in Ottawa. The province’s effort to stock up has also been hampered by Trump’s order to withhold supplies of protective medical gear from other countries. I just was briefed not long ago saying that we’re able to get 500,000 N95 masks moving forward,” he said.

Source: thestar April 06, 2020 21:19 UTC