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EIA president and CEO Tom Ruth said in the release the airport and airline partners continue to operate cargo services despite limits on international travel.

“EIA’s robust cargo strengths support critical supply chains for medical, pharmacy, food and other essential supplies,” he said. “Although, our passenger movements are substantially down, our cargo movements continue to grow and have never been more important to our community.”

AHS spokesman Kerry Williams said in an email the shipment will be added to the current stockpile and arrangements are currently being made to provide supplies to British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

On April 11, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province would be supplying those provinces with additional PPEs and sending 50 ventilators to Ontario.

The new supplies were brought in using a Boeing 767 freighter cargo aircraft operated by Ontario-based company Cargojet.

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