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Population371 million (2010)
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The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest. The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner.

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Coronavirus: UK careful international market for breathing devices

Nov 28,2023 5:31 pm

Medical ventilators are built on the OES medical supply company in Witney

frenetic international markets for ventilation equipment and medical supply has the pace in recent weeks, as governments scramble to purchase equipment.

the prices for the devices will shoot up, and often change from hour to hour.

The equipment is generally manufactured in China and then between dealers that offer it.

But the UK has So Far tried to avoid, the purchase of some of the intermediary plants.

The Market price for a certain type of fan increased in a week of $27,000 (£21,700) to $96,000 (£77,100), A Sign of how intense the demand is.

The British CEO of a company based in the Middle East has always been to offer to sell equipment to The British government since March 17.

The Company usually works in the defence sector, but also in medical care. The inventory of available devices daily, but the offer included has changes, breathing devices, personal protective equipment and masks Test kit.

A British-based contact, the supplier came in contact with the Cabinet Office Minister, and other officials on multiple channels, including members of Parliament and Ministers, but the offer was not taken up in London, leading to frustration, the life-saving kit, this is the NHS urgently need may be over. The Contact said that he tried to profit from The Connection .

The British government sources say they are the procurement of fans from abroad.

the 26 March, the government said More Than 8000 fans were available to NHS patients, with another 8,000 expected from existing UK and international manufacturers in The Next few weeks.

The government is opening a field hospital in London, he says, it will start with 500 beds, with fans

A Number of companies were asked whether the fans in the UK, but it is unclear when they will be ready. The government has also said that a mix-up meant the deadline for the candidate missed to receive EU regulation to additional fans.

sources deny that the bureaucracy holds the international award of a contract and say you will try to procure directly from suppliers and not through intermediaries.

It is thought that there have been cases in which offers devices that do not exist, or where several agents were, the same elements have been made. There is also the concern that items may not meet the right standards.

Some Test kits low degree of accuracy bought, the have shown of countries, including Spain, making it unusable.

But other countries engage in this often chaotic and fast-paced market.

in the Middle East and North African countries, buying from the Middle East -based provider and has been offering US, to buy up large quantities of shares at a premium over the pay what are other. From an Eastern European country recently lifted its shares by the offer of cash in advance.

Some of the companies and persons engaged in this trade in the weapons and defense industry, act as an intermediary between the manufacturer and the military, others are new use arrived search, contacts in China or elsewhere.

An array of middlemen, fixers and consultants are often involved along the supply chain and some of them are likely to be by using huge price mark-ups on the equipment you say you can get that in the current crisis.

"There are still some multi-millionaires," said a person who works in This World .



cabinet office, coronavirus pandemic, public health, china, nhs, ventilators, uk government

Source of news: bbc.com

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