UK plans to burn billions in wasted pandemic protective gear

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The British government plans to burn billions of dollars in unusable protective equipment purchased during the coronavirus pandemic

lost 75% of the 12 billion pounds it spent on PPE in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and faulty products., who chairs the committee, said the PPE saga was “perhaps the most shameful episode in the U.K. government response to the pandemic.”

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