Health Minister Edward Argar admitted the Government had rented 9,512 shipping containers during the pandemic to hold around 1.6 billion pieces of unused PPE that never left Shanghai.
In answer to parliamentary questions, he said the items were being held at 23 sites in 10 counties in the UK, and one site in Shanghai. An official report out last week said the PPE will deteriorate while kept in the containers.
This story is from the February 06, 2022 edition of Sunday People.
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