ISebe lezeMpilo laseMelika kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu (HHS) ngolwesiThathu linikezele ngeekhontrakthi ezixabisa malunga ne-1,1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiGeneral Motors (GM) kunye nePhilips ukwenza ii-ventilators ezifunekayo ukunyanga abaguli abagula kakhulu abanosulelo lwe-coronavirus.
Ngokwekhontrakthi phakathi kwe-HHS kunye ne-GM, umenzi we-automaker kufuneka abonelele ngee-ventilator ezingamawaka angama-30 ezixabisa i-489 yezigidi zeerandi. Emva koko, uPhilips waseNetherlands watyikitya isivumelwano kunye ne-HHS sokuvelisa ii-ventilators ezingamawaka angama-43 ngezigidi ezingama-646,7 zeedola, nesibophelelo sokwenza oko. ubonelele ngeeyunithi zokuqala ezingama-2500 ekupheleni kukaMeyi.
Njengenxalenye yekhontrakthi, i-GM iya kusebenzisana nomenzi wezixhobo zonyango iVentec Life Systems yaseBothell, eWashington. Iqela lokuqala le-ventilators kwisixa seeyunithi ze-6132 kufuneka zihanjiswe kubo ngoJuni 1, kunye nomthamo wonke phantsi kwekhontrakthi - ekupheleni kuka-Agasti. I-GM iceba ukuqalisa ukuvelisa ii-ventilators kwisityalo sayo sase-Indiana kwiveki ezayo.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru