Feds Give Seized Masks, Gloves to N.Y., N.J. Health Workers (1)

The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services have seized 192,000 N95 respirator masks, 598,000 gloves, and 130,000 other personal protective equipment and disinfectant from someone hoarding those supplies, they announced Thursday.

The supplies were seized under the Defense Production Act, and a fair market value will be paid to the owner, the HHS said. The supplies are already being distributed to health-care workers in New York and New Jersey.

“This is the first of many such investigations that are underway,” Peter Navarro, who is the government’s Defense Production Act coordinator, said in a statement.

The FBI discovered ...