Category: personal protective equipment (PPE)

Ottawa Spent $120 Million on Cargo Flights to Ship PPE from China in 2020: Documents

August 19, 2022
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The Canadian government spent $120 million chartering cargo flights to ship personal protective equipment (PPE) from China in the first 90 days of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter through an Access to Information request show that federal agencies had to charter planes after failing to maintain a national stockpile…

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UK Taxpayers to Face COVID Bill for Decades to Come, MPs Warn

July 25, 2021
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Taxpayers will be facing the costs of COVID-19 for decades while an inquiry will not come quickly enough to learn the lessons needed from the pandemic, MPs have said. Two reports from the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released on Sunday slammed the Government’s spending on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) and said a public…

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Labour Party Demands Probe After Emails Suggest VIP ‘Fast Track’ for UK COVID-19 Testing

July 1, 2021
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Labour is calling for an investigation into claims of a “VIP lane” for coronavirus testing contracts after documents emerged suggesting bids from companies with political connections were fast tracked. A senior civil servant advised ministers in an email in April last year to write “FASTTRACK” on any offers they received for testing kits, according to…

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China Is Destroying America’s PPE Industry: Subsidies,Tariffs Would Protect It for the Next Emergency

May 31, 2021
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Commentary China is destroying America’s fledgling personal protective equipment (PPE) industry. The industry, which produces American-made masks and gowns, is being driven out of business by China’s exports, priced below the cost of production even in China, according to an American manufacturing group. That aggressive international trade tactic, called dumping, is illegal per WTO rules…

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China Is Destroying America’s PPE Industry: Subsidies, Tariffs Would Protect It for the Next Emergency

May 31, 2021
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Commentary China is destroying America’s fledgling personal protective equipment (PPE) industry. The industry, which produces American-made masks and gowns, is being driven out of business by China’s exports, priced below the cost of production even in China, according to an American manufacturing group. That aggressive international trade tactic, called dumping, is illegal per WTO rules…

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