U.K.’s ‘Obscure’ PPE Process During Pandemic Challenged
- Government PPE contracts criticized at London court hearing
- Protective masks, gowns bought in April, May, still in storage
NHS workers wearing PPE in Liverpool.
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A public-interest group told a London court that the U.K. wasted millions of pounds on Covid-19 personal-protective equipment as it rushed into contracts at the start of the pandemic.