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Distribution quotas exposed - Police given 640 thousand masks, and taking 40 times more N95 masks than Department of Health
(15 Feb) While there is only one-month’s stock of equipment for frontline medical staff, the HK government is still refusing to disclose how the supplies are being used. The Apple Daily received documents showing that the police ranks second in number of surgical masks distributed, coming after the Department of Health. In the first round, they were provided with over 640 thousand surgical masks, and they were given the most N95 masks among all departments. Legislator and former doctor Kwok Ka-ki criticises the government for distributing the disease control supplies unfairly, with medical staff who actually contact patients lacking medical N95 masks and protective clothing, while the police is given large amounts of high standard supplies. “It is a complete waste of resources and public funds, and it’s exhausting the already scarce supply of protective clothing,” he says.
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Distribution quotas exposed - Police given 640 thousand masks, and taking 40 times more N95 masks than Department of Health
(15 Feb) While there is only one-month’s stock of equipment for frontline medical staff, the HK government is still refusing to disclose how the supplies are being used. The Apple Daily received documents showing that the police ranks second in number of surgical masks distributed, coming after the Department of Health. In the first round, they were provided with over 640 thousand surgical masks, and they were given the most N95 masks among all departments. Legislator and former doctor Kwok Ka-ki criticises the government for distributing the disease control supplies unfairly, with medical staff who actually contact patients lacking medical N95 masks and protective clothing, while the police is given large amounts of high standard supplies. “It is a complete waste of resources and public funds, and it’s exhausting the already scarce supply of protective clothing,” he says.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Distribution-quotas-exposed---Police-given-640-thousand-masks-and-taking-40-times-more-N95-masks-than-Department-of-Health-02-16
#Selfishness #PrivilegedClass #PoliceState #MaskShortage #UnfairSuppliesDistribution
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Distribution quotas exposed - Police given 640 thousand masks, and taking 40 times more N95 masks than Department of Health
(15 Feb) While there is only one-month’s stock of equipment for frontline medical staff, the HK government is still refusing to disclose how the supplies are being used. The Apple Daily received documents showing that the police ranks secondin number of surgical…