The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the federal government wants to burn 800 million masks. These are said to be masks whose expiration date has now expired. Former Minister Jens Spahn was accused of procuring too many masks.
The federal government wants to burn 800 million masks from the beginning of the corona pandemic. This is reported by the “Spiegel”. The Ministry of Health announced that the first calls for tender have already been launched. The former health start had then procured 5.8 billion masks for six billion euros. The Federal Court of Auditors later accused him of too many. Now 800 million masks are “thermally recycled”.
According to a spokesman, the first 730 million surgical masks and 60 million FFP2 or similar half masks whose expiry date has now expired are affected. Since March 2020, the Ministry of Health has procured masks. 20 percent of them are blocked for delivery due to quality defects.
