All new ventilator models abandoned by ministers

Ministers have cancelled all projects to develop a new type of ventilator for the fight against Covid-19 because the NHS has enough of the lifesaving machines. In a letter to manufacturers, the Cabinet Office said it will “no longer support or pursue the purchase” of new devices - effectively ending the race to produce them. Hundreds of initial designs were submitted to the Cabinet Office in the weeks after Health Secretary Matt Hancock appealed to for a crash effort to produce more