BANDUNG, Indonesia, May 7 — A team of Indonesian engineers working around the clock says it has produced in two months a compact ventilator to sell at a fraction of the usual cost, hoping to accelerate the fight against east Asia’s second-deadliest Covid-19 outbreak. Like many other countries,...
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Like many other countries, Indonesia faces a shortage of the vital mechanical breathing devices to treat people with the pandemic disease. “The structure of this ventilator is much simpler compared to the ventilator that we see in the intensive care unit,” said Hidayat, a 57-year-old lecturer at the university.
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