Almost 30 million mouth masks, purchased by the federal government since the coronavirus crisis for hospitals, doctors and the medical sector, have been refused. Regarding the 20 million FFP2 masks that have been delivered to the medical sector, more than half have been found unsatisfactory. Finally, one in 10 surgical masks did not meet standards.
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According to De Tijd, Minister Philippe De Backer, who has headed the purchasing team since the coronavirus crisis, admits that many of the masks provided have proven to be unsatisfactory. However, he highlights the difficult conditions under which the orders were placed. “For all the files in which the quality was not at the rendezvous, a procedure was launched”, he specifies.
About 8 million surgical masks that did not meet medical standards were used as “comfort masks” for federal public servants.
Of the thousands of offers received by the federal government since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, for the purchase of masks, 90% were found to be fraudulent.
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