UK companies race to produce ventilators amid outbreak

Following a government plea to manufacturing firms to convert to producing ventilators to help those suffering from new coronavirus, some companies in UK say y are just days away from a working proto. Speaking to UK brocaster Sky News, owner of manufacturing firm GTech Nick Grey said on Saturday that once y are up and running y can produce around a thousand ventilators a day.

UK health secretary Matt Hancock me plea to firms after worries that National Health Service (NHS) would t have eugh to cope with amount of patients expected to need m as infections of new virus increase.

UK's confirmed cases have reached 5,000, with 233 deaths.

For most people, new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough.

For some, especially older ults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

vast majority of people recover from new virus.

According to World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover.

Worldwide, new virus has infected more than 307,100 people and killed more than 13,000.

More than 92,300 people have recovered so far, mostly in China.

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