Federal officials distribute more than 500,000 medical supplies confiscated from price gougers

we don't have enough peopie here. So we're trying to create our own and come up with innovative solutions to solve this problem. And we're making three D printed PEOPIE using three D printers and donated three D printed medical items. So right now, I have some boxes here. These air some three D printed case field headband pieces. These are some three D printed headband pieces so that we could make face fields here. So this is the headband part that goes to your head. And then I'm gonna pick these up. After you have the headband, you can assemble a clear field part onto the head. This'll actually was not come up by me. There are several groups working on this. A company called Budman Industries created one of the first prototypes, and another gentleman named Joseph Krusa over in Europe has another prototype, and people have been using all of those and modifying them and creating their own just so we could make a many as we can for health care workers at the front line.

Federal officials announced Thursday they are distributing more than 500,000 hoarded medical supplies to those fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. The Department of Justice said in a press release it partnered with the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute the supplies, which includes about 192,000 N95 respirator masks."The FBI discovered the supplies during an enforcement operation by the Department of Justice's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force on March 30 and alerted HHS which used its authority under Defense Production Act (DPA) to order that the supplies be immediately furnished to the United States," the DOJ said in its press release.Officials say other supplies found include, medical grade gloves, surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer and bottles of spray disinfectant."HHS will pay the owner of the hoarded equipment pre-COVID-19 fair market value for the supplies," the DOJ said in its announcement."If you are amassing critical medical equipment for the purpose of selling it at exorbitant prices, you can expect a knock at your door," said Attorney General William P. Barr. "The Department of Justice's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force is working tirelessly around the clock with all our law enforcement partners to ensure that bad actors cannot illicitly profit from the COVID-19 pandemic facing our nation."The personal protective equipment is for health care workers in New York and New Jersey, the Department of Justice said. "Cracking down on the hoarding of vital supplies allows us to distribute this material to the heroic healthcare workers on the frontlines who are most in need," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar.The DOJ says those interested in selling personal protective equipment to the federal government should contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency."This is the first of many such investigations that are underway," said Peter Navarro, DPA Policy Coordinator and Assistant to the president. "Our FBI agents and other law enforcement agencies are tracking down every tip and lead they get, and are devoting massive federal resources to this effort. All individuals and companies hoarding any of these critical supplies, or selling them at well above market prices, are hereby warned they should turn them over to local authorities or the federal government now or risk prompt seizure by the federal government."

Federal officials announced Thursday they are distributing more than 500,000 hoarded medical supplies to those fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Department of Justice said in a press release it partnered with the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute the supplies, which includes about 192,000 N95 respirator masks.

"The FBI discovered the supplies during an enforcement operation by the Department of Justice's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force on March 30 and alerted HHS which used its authority under Defense Production Act (DPA) to order that the supplies be immediately furnished to the United States," the DOJ said in its press release.

Officials say other supplies found include, medical grade gloves, surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer and bottles of spray disinfectant.

"HHS will pay the owner of the hoarded equipment pre-COVID-19 fair market value for the supplies," the DOJ said in its announcement.

"If you are amassing critical medical equipment for the purpose of selling it at exorbitant prices, you can expect a knock at your door," said Attorney General William P. Barr. "The Department of Justice's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force is working tirelessly around the clock with all our law enforcement partners to ensure that bad actors cannot illicitly profit from the COVID-19 pandemic facing our nation."

The personal protective equipment is for health care workers in New York and New Jersey, the Department of Justice said.

"Cracking down on the hoarding of vital supplies allows us to distribute this material to the heroic healthcare workers on the frontlines who are most in need," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

The DOJ says those interested in selling personal protective equipment to the federal government should contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"This is the first of many such investigations that are underway," said Peter Navarro, DPA Policy Coordinator and Assistant to the president. "Our FBI agents and other law enforcement agencies are tracking down every tip and lead they get, and are devoting massive federal resources to this effort. All individuals and companies hoarding any of these critical supplies, or selling them at well above market prices, are hereby warned they should turn them over to local authorities or the federal government now or risk prompt seizure by the federal government."

Federal officials distribute more than 500,000 medical supplies confiscated from price gougers

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