at a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a northern ireland sweet company. lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. it might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. during the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. this box is part of a ppe deal worth over £100 million. this involved a northern irish sweet company. people were dying. it was almostjust buy as much as you can. it may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded ppe purchasing last year, because it arrived in the uk at such great expense, health officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals.
lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. it might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. during the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. this box was part of a ppe deal worth over £100 million. this involved a northern irish sweet company. people were dying. it was almost, just buy as much as you can. it may not be worth its weight in gold any more but, today, this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded ppe purchasing last year. because when it arrived in the uk, at such great expense, health officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals.
now on bbc news. at a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a northern ireland sweet company. lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. it might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. during the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. this box is part of a ppe deal worth over £100 million. this involved a northern irish sweet company. people were dying. it was almostjust buy as much as you can. it may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded