Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2020
Coronavirus triggers national medical stockpile as COVID-19 threat intensifies
29 February 2020 - It could be any warehouse in Australia. In fact, you may travel past it every day and not even know.
In multiple secret locations across Australia, about $100 million worth of medical supplies — including 20 million masks, antibiotics, vaccines and equipment such as basic hand sanitisers — is sitting on huge pallets wrapped in plastic, ready to be deployed.
It has been gradually accumulated over more than a decade in case of a bioterrorist attack, medical emergencies or pandemics.
