Canada Bought A Bunch Of Super Futuristic-Looking Pods For Carrying COVID-19 Patients

Patients can get treatment with almost no risk of transmission.
Canada Bought A Bunch Of Super Futuristic-Looking Pods For Carrying COVID-19 Patients
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The Royal Canadian Air Force bought some pods designed to carry COVID-19 patients or other people infected with contagious diseases and they look so futuristic.

EpiGuard, the Norwegian company behind the technology, sold 15 of these pods called EpiShuttles to Canada, it was announced on March 22.

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On their website, the EpiShuttle is described as a machine that isolates a patient without running the risk of infecting medical staff during treatment by air. 

"It allows medical staff to treat patients with virtually zero possibility of transmission of infection in either direction, all while being transported in an aircraft," RCAF further explained on the government website.  

The air force also said that this product is just one of the many pieces of transportation equipment they will be investing in for the future.   

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