Senators take aim at fraudsters flooding the market with fake masks

Authorities have seized more than 34 million counterfeits, most of them in 2021.

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It is the first piece of legislation in a large pandemic response package that will be rolled out by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the next few weeks. New York, California, Illinois, Nevada and several other states have recently reimposed indoor mask mandates.Face masks are produced at a facility in the town of Berdsk, Russia, Feb. 19, 2020.

"It means that it is vital for everyone to get vaccinated and boosted if they are eligible. Given the increase in transmissibility, this also means continuing to be vigilant about masking in public indoor settings, in areas of substantial or high community transmission. And as of now, this represents about 90% of all counties in the United States," she said.

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