The UK government claims it failed to take part in an EU scheme for coronavirus ventilators because it didn't see the email asking it to take part

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• The UK government claims it failed to take part in an EU scheme to secure ventilators to tackle the coronavirus outbreak because it did not see the relevant emails.
• Downing Street initially claimed it was not taking part in the scheme because 'we are no longer a member of the EU,' prompting claims on social media that Boris Johnson was putting 'Brexit over breathing.'
• But it later backtracked and claimed that it had not taken part because it did not receive emails from the EU, insisting that the decision was not ideologically motivated.
• But EU officials said the UK had been invited to take part in the scheme.
• Both the Prime Minister and his Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Friday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The UK government claims that it failed to take part in an EU scheme to source life-saving ventilators to fight the coronavirus pandemic because it did not see the emails inviting it to take part.

Ventilators help patients to breathe and can save the lives of patients suffering from the coronavirus, which attacks the lungs and can cause acute respiratory problems among those who are worst affected by the disease.

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