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BOSTON â Product manufacturer 3M has filed a trademark and fraud lawsuit against a Florida company thatâs accused of selling counterfeit surgical N95 masks to a Massachusetts hospital.
The suit alleges that MM Medical Supply sold tens of thousands of counterfeit 3M masks to South Shore Health System this year. The company led the hospital to believe it was an official 3M distributor, the suit says, and sold the masks at âexorbitantly inflatedâ prices.
The suit was filed March 31 in federal court in Florida. It says the issue came to the attention of 3M after a worker at the Weymouth hospital noticed that the masks seemed off. He contacted 3M, which confirmed that the masks were fakes.
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Health authorities say hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling amid a surge in coronavirus infections as Pakistan restricts domestic travel.
The only exceptions to the deteriorating worldwide situation are countries that have advanced COVID-19 vaccination programs, mostly notably Israel and the UK.
Even the US - which is a vaccination leader globally - is recording a small up-tick in new cases and the White House said on Friday it would send federal help to Michigan, which has the country s worst transmission rate.
The World Health Organisation said on Friday that it was concerned about infection rates that are rising in every region, driven by new virus variants and too many nations coming out of lockdown too soon.
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LANSING, Mich. â Faced with the highest rate of new coronavirus infections in the United States, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is strongly urging a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining.
Whitmer stopped short of ordering restrictions Friday, instead asking for voluntary compliance to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country s worst infection increase.
The worldwide surge in coronavirus cases and deaths includes even Thailand, which has weathered the pandemic far better than many nations but now struggles to contain COVID-19.