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Share Taxpayers have forked out nearly £1billion on Chinese PPE supplies – including some ventilators from Wuhan. The Government signed almost 90 contracts worth £900million with China as ministers scrambled to adapt to the lightning-fast spread of the virus earlier this year, analysis has revealed. Subsequent contracts – which are yet to be made public – are set to send that figure soaring to a cool £1billion. Gowns, gloves and aprons were bought from the Communist superpower – with some life-saving ventilators acquired from Wuhan itself, where Covid-19 is believed to have originated. Taxpayers have forked out nearly £1billion on...
