Second PPE delivery from China doubled to €130m

HSE chief executive Paul Reid said that issues with an earlier shipment have since been addressed, and the revised second order will start arriving in the coming weeks.

The second order of personal protective equipment (PPE) from China has been doubled to €130m and will start arriving this week.

The HSE has confirmed the second order of PPE from China has doubled from an original €67m to €130m in a bid to “accelerate supply”.