{"id":6368,"date":"2020-05-04T08:06:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6368"},"modified":"2020-05-04T08:06:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:06:06","slug":"almost-1-billion-of-ppe-secured-for-covid-19-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/almost-1-billion-of-ppe-secured-for-covid-19-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"ALMOST $1 BILLION OF PPE SECURED FOR COVID-19 BATTLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has purchased almost $1 billion of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect frontline emergency workers, medical staff and the public.<br \/>\nThe stockpile \u2013 containing hundreds of millions of pieces of protective equipment \u2013 is being held in a number of secure facilities in secret locations around Sydney, ready for use.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the collection of face masks, face shields, gloves and surgical gowns was a sign of the Government\u2019s commitment to ensuring NSW was fully prepared.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile NSW has successfully flattened the curve for now, we know the battle against this global pandemic is still a reality and we\u2019re not taking any chances,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve spent almost $1 billion on PPE to ensure our frontline workers have the key safety equipment they need to fight this virus, and keep NSW residents safe.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the Government had adopted a strategic approach to managing PPE supplies since worldwide shortages emerged at the start of the COVID-19 crisis.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re confident we have now secured adequate stocks of PPE to meet our medium-term needs,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s thanks in part to the efforts of NSW companies registered to produce or supply PPE through the Government\u2019s Emergency Supplies portal, established last month,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe procurement team including NSW Police, NSW Treasury and NSW Health with support from Rod McGeoch has done an excellent job to ensure NSW has what it needs for the fight against COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve identified hundreds of new suppliers of these critical products through the portal and it has shone a light on the tremendous capacity of NSW companies.<br \/>\n\u201cIn addition, we\u2019re also helping businesses connect with PPE suppliers through our new portal specifically for industry and the community, launched last week.\u201d<br \/>\nLocal governments and industry can access this by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/rmeyer\/AppData\/Local\/Microsoft\/Windows\/INetCache\/Content.Outlook\/PRYXOXY3\/buy.nsw.gov.au\">buy.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has purchased almost $1 billion of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect frontline emergency workers, medical staff and the public. The stockpile \u2013 containing hundreds of millions of pieces of protective equipment \u2013 is being held in a number of secure facilities in secret locations &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/almost-1-billion-of-ppe-secured-for-covid-19-battle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ALMOST $1 BILLION OF PPE SECURED FOR COVID-19 BATTLE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}