On Jul. 21, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced additional pandemic orders for needles and syringes from the U.S. and Canada totaling 177 million injection devices.

The new U.S. order for 140 million injection devices brings total U.S. orders from BD to 190 million devices. The new Canadian order for 37 million brings total Canadian orders from BD to 75 million devices. Across the world, BD has received total orders of 330 million needles and syringes from the U.S., Canada and the UK.