April 2 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will expand use of the Defense Production Act to assist manufacturers in securing supplies to make ventilators for COVID-19 patients.
Trump said the order directs the secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security to help domestic manufacturers -- including General Electric, Hill Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, Royal Philips and Vyaire Medical -- acquire the necessary resources to build the ventilators.