Minister of Health Patty Hajdu responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Friday April 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Health Minister Patty Hajdu says the government will be reviewing its practices for equipment near its expiry date in the national emergency stockpile.
As reported by the CBC, millions of disposable respirators were destroyed after reaching their expiry dates before the pandemic.
Hajdu says the government will look at its practices to see if stockpiled equipment nearing its expiry date can be distributed to provinces who need it, or other countries.