Toyota offers redesigned van to transport serious COVID-19 patients

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it has offered a specially designed minivan to a Tokyo hospital to transport coronavirus patients with serious symptoms, the latest step in the group's efforts to help frontline workers fight the pandemic.The vehicle for Showa University Hospital joins another 11 smaller transport vehicles provided by Toyota to hospitals and local governments to carry patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.The spacious vehicle, developed by subsidiary Toyota Auto Body Co., features an interior barrier that separates the compartment housing t…READ FULL ARTICLE