Tag: masks

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  US gov't appeals judge's ruling ending mask mandates

  

  The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday confirmed it finally filed an appeal against a Florida Federal Judge's ruling which has for the time being brought the mandatory wearing of facemasks on public transport to a halt.

• Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Elimination of masks, “Neanderthal thinking”, Biden tell state governors

  

  US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that decisions to end the required wearing of masks, as is happening in several states, including Texas, amounted to “Neanderthal thinking” given the rising death toll from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  IATA contrary to leaving aircraft middle seats empty: suggests wearing masks

  

  The body representing global airlines came out against leaving middle seats empty on aircraft on Tuesday, as debate intensifies over how to get airlines flying while respecting social-distancing rules in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  3M reaches agreement with Trump administration to export masks to Canada and Latin America

  

  Manufacturing giant 3M said it has an agreement with the Trump administration that will allow the company to continue to export N95 protective masks to Canada and Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:17 UTC

  The 14,7 million Euro coronavirus masks order that never reached Germany

  

  Authorities in Germany have fallen victim to a multi-million-euro fraud involving masks much needed in the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said on Tuesday. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state and one of the hardest hit, paid 14.7 million euros for some 10 million masks in March only to discover they did not exist, according to prosecutors in Traunstein, Bavaria.