US customs seize ‘astonishing’ amount of counterfeit COVID-19 masks

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have seized hundreds of thousands of counterfeit facemasks and unapproved COVID-19 related products worth more than $2.5m during the six weeks leading up to October 1.

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