'Whatever it takes' to replenish medical stockpile: government

Adrian Rollins
Updated April 27 2020 - 7:34am, first published 12:00am
Health workers don facemasks, goggles, gloves and gowns to protect themselves while working at the COVID-19 drive-through testing centre at EPIC, Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney
Health workers don facemasks, goggles, gloves and gowns to protect themselves while working at the COVID-19 drive-through testing centre at EPIC, Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney

The federal government has been heavily involved in the international scramble to secure vital supplies of face masks, surgical gowns and other vital medical supplies, paying "premium prices" to land contracts.

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Adrian Rollins

Adrian Rollins

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Adrian Rollins is economics correspondent for the Canberra Times

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