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The president of the Junta de Castilla y León , Alfonso Fernández Mañueco , has announced this Sunday that the 158,000 masks and State Security Forces have confiscated a mask in a ship in Ponferrada (León) from the Leon mining entrepreneur Victorino Alonso, Leonoticias has reported . com .
After participating in the telematic conference with the Prime Minister , Pedro Sánchez , and the rest of the autonomous presidents, Mañueco announced that the Legal Services of the Board are studying actions against this businessman who " improperly kept " this sanitary material, without excluding a complaint through criminal proceedings.
According to Efe sources from the Government Sudelegation in León, the masks and other protection material that could be used by health professionals to combat the expansion of the coronavirus were found yesterday afternoon in the aforementioned ship.
The Ministry of Health was immediately informed of the seizure of the masks and the material has been made available to the Junta de Castilla y León for distribution among the centers and health professionals in the community.
The Government Subdelegation has declined to confirm the ownership of the ship and the way in which the material was found, although other sources consulted by Efe have explained that the seizure was possible thanks to an anonymous call that alerted the deposit of this material and where it was.
The Official State Gazette (BOE) of March 11 published a Decree Law that opened the door for the administration to require certain products to deal with the coronavirus
This possibility is not limited only to medicines and one of the products that it indirectly points out is masks, especially when health professionals have already warned of their enormous demand.
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