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Germany loses 6 million coronavirus face masks in Kenya

Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020 | 8:45 PM MYT

FILE PHOTO: A German police officer wearing a protective face mask approaches car driver at the German-Swiss border after Germany announced border controls, March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German customs officials are attempting to track down about 6 million face masks ordered to protect health workers from the coronavirus which went missing at an airport in Kenya.

"The authorities are trying to find out what happened," said a defence ministry spokeswoman, confirming a report first published by Spiegel Online.

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