The Star spoke to four people who have taken it upon themselves to import masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Thanks to government efforts, by the end of this week, 16 million surgical masks and 2.3 million N95 respirator masks should have arrived in Canada. In addition to these efforts, both the Ontario and federal government have set up web portals calling on local businesses to help secure PPE. “Right now we’ve got 30,000 face masks ready to ship to us (from China). “The situation is very fluid, but in my experience, we had multiple options for mask sourcing in China,” said Karelse.

Source: thestar April 08, 2020 22:56 UTC