Medical supplies purchased by the Health Services Authority have been confiscated by the US government, Premier Alden McLaughlin confirmed on Wednesday.
The supplies, four ventilators, 50,000 masks and various other items, were already loaded on a container and aboard a ship ready to depart when the vessel was stopped and items removed by US authorities, he said.
“That has been a huge disappointment to us. All of those were things that were procured and purchased in the US,” he said.
According to internatio