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The EU has said the UK can take part in the procurement project, which will use the EU's buying power to purchase more stock, even though it is no longer a member of the bloc.
But earlier on Thursday, Downing Street said the UK would not be joining the scheme because "we are no longer members of the EU".
The spokesman added: “We are conducting our own work on ventilators and we’ve had a very strong response from business, and we’ve also procured ventilators from the private sector in the UK and from international manufacturers."
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Downing Street has now issued a statement saying the UK had missed the deadline for the first round of procurements.
A UK government spokesperson said: "Owing to an initial communication problem, the UK did not receive an invitation in time to join in four joint procurements in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Link.
Hope those 10,00 newly ordered Dyson ventilators are designed and made REALLY quickly and that they work faultlessly.
If people die because the Govt refused to use EU mass-purchase powers because of Brexit, this will really smell bad....