Coronavirus

Ventilator output ramps up as world braces for patient surge

Japan's Asahi Kasei plans 25-fold boost while automakers weigh support

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Asahi Kasei unit Zoll Medical will increase production of these portable ventilators. (Photo courtesy of Asahi Kasei)

NORIYUKI TAKADA and TAISEI HOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers
March 26, 2020 01:52 JST

TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- The looming ventilator shortages facing the world have spurred calls for increasing production, prompting manufactures, including Japan’s Asahi Kasei, to boost output of the equipment vital to treating coronavirus patients

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