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Customs officials have seized over 20 million counterfeit masks since the beginning of the year

Customs officials have seized over 20 million counterfeit masks since the beginning of the year Millions of counterfeit masks have been seized by Customers and Border Protection (CBP) officials since the start of the pandemic. But the last few months have seen an “exponential increase” in counterfeit mask seizures, a CBP official told CNN. Since the start of the pandemic, CBP has seized more than 34 million counterfeit masks, most of them modeled to resemble N95 or KN95 masks. Around 20 million of those masks were caught in 2021, said John Leonard, acting executive assistant commissioner of the agency’s Office of Trade. “The mask is really the most visible symbol of this pandemic,” Leonard told CNN. “[Counterfeiters] look into taking advantage of this situation.”

Coronavirus: U S government will pay $500,000 to design better face masks

Deseret News The U.S. government wants a better face mask so it’ll pay for it Share this story Jeff Chiu, Associated Press The U.S. government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority recently announced a competition for people to create a new face mask for the public, and the winner gets $500,000. What is the government’s face mask challenge? BARDA announced a new Mask Innovation Challenge in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to develop a mask that can address some of the biggest issues with masks like masks fogging up glasses and face masks that make you feel uncomfortable.

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