President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)President Donald Trump has issued a Defence Production Act order to force General Motors to produce ventilators for coronavirus patients. US hospitals currently have about 65,000 ventilators fully capable of treating severe coronavirus patients. The president invoked the Defence Production Act soon after a series of tweets on Friday attacking GM and CEO Mary Barra. I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilatorsDonald Trump“I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators,” Mr Trump continued.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2020 02:48 UTC