“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
What PolitiFact found
The FDA granted emergency authorization to new technology that can sterilize respirator masks up to 20 times. In many cases, normal wear and tear means N95 respirators cannot be sanitized and reused safely.
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In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 23 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 April 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pe…
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