Iran-Israel • Hezbollah • Sean \'Diddy\' Combs • Kamala Harris • Guide scams older ![](\\"/images/icons/menu-icon.png\\"/) MENU ![\\"logo\\"](\\" BECOME CURSED ![\\"logo\\"](\\" Tools ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/whatsapp.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/android.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/cajaherramientas.svg\\"/) ![\\"android\\"](\\"/images/icons/extension.svg\\"/) Sign in Become Cursed Sign in * Front page * Newspaper archive * Hoax * Science * Data * Explains * Technology * Us * Migration * Feminism * Food * Climate * Educate * Timo * Migration * Feminism * Food * Climate * Educate * Timo ![\\"logo\\"](\\" Sections Cover Migration Newspaper Library Feminism Hoax Science Fact Explains Technology Us More Damn Climate Educa Timo Sign in Become Cursed DAMN HOOP # No, the Community of Madrid did not buy its masks from Cofares: the company It has only distributed them to pharmacies Published May 15, 2020, 12:31:09 PM Share ![](\\" Tags hoaxes coronavirus covid-19 Community of Madrid masks ffp2 Chests You have asked us a lot through our WhatsApp service (655 198 538) by a chain in which it is claimed that the Community of Madrid bought the masks that the Cooperative is distributing to citizens Spanish Pharmaceuticals (Cofares). It is not true: said company distributed the masks to pharmacies, but they were not sold to the Community of Madrid. whatsapp chain denied by damn.es The masks of the Community of Madrid are not free CAM will distribute them starting next Monday in pharmacies [...]. Those masks (the most expensive, FFP2) were bought by \"Cofares\" (the distribution cooperative most important pharmaceutical company) and now, since they cannot have the scandalous profit margins that they expected from the price caps regulated by the government and major supplies were left hanging. Well, those of Cofares went to see Ayuso, Lasquetty and company and offered the propaganda (free distribution) for Ayuso and the business (for them) and the CAM releases nearly 50 million euros of public money to Cofares [...]. From the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid they tell us that \"Cofares has not bought them\", in reference to the 14 million masks which since May 11 are being distributed for free in the Madrid pharmacies. In a press release published on May 10, the Community of Madrid explained that Cofares "are in charge of delivering the material to the pharmacies in the region\". They have not yet published the contract for which the masks were purchased. _Maldita.es_ has also contacted the distribution company of Cofares medicines, from where they deny having sold the masks to the Community of Madrid. Specifically, they point out that their only role has been to distribute them to Madrid pharmacies, a task that, according to us, They claim, they have done it for free. ## The price of FFP2 masks has not been regulated by the Government, date of May 15 The chain also affirms that Cofares would have speculated with the sale of the masks since they "can't have the outrageous profit margins that they expected due to the price caps regulated by the Government\". However, the price of FFP2 masks has not been set. In a resolution of the General Directorate of the Common Portfolio of Services of the National Health and Pharmacy System published in the Official Gazette of the State (BOE) on April 23, the prices of the masks were set disposable surgical at €0.96. They also defined the prices of the \"gels and hydroalcoholic solutions temporarily authorized by the AEMPS\", but not so for the FFP2 masks. ## The Ministry of Consumer Affairs does not recommend the use of FFP2 masks at home. general population In the final part of the chain it is indicated that FFP2 masks "are not suitable for the general population, but for personnel who are in contact with patients with the virus\", which coincides with what is specified in a document from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs in which indications are given about what It should be taken into account when purchasing a mask. For healthy people, Consumption recommends the use of hygienic masks, while in the case of sick people they point out that "they must choose with priority surgical masks\". Finally, they reserve the masks PPE (including FFP2) for "those who care for or are in contact with symptomatic or COVID-19 positive people\". ![\\"\\"](\\" screen-2020-05-15-at-10.16.17.png\\"/) In the same document, they specify that these latest masks "are They are mainly recommended for use by professionals to create a barrier between a potential risk and the user\", although \"they can also be recommended for vulnerable groups due to medical indication." ## The European approval certificates shown by the company that manufactured the masks of the Community of Madrid are fake and has erased its web At Maldita.es we already told you that the manufacturer of the masks Community of Madrid to which the chain alludes eliminated its sales website this May 12 after showing approval certificates there false. Specifically, the company used false certificates from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in English) and the CE seal, a badge that guarantees that the product complies with the requirements demanded by the European Union and that is mandatory for all those products manufactured anywhere in the world that are going to be marketed there, according to its official website. Hours after we published the information, the Community of Madrid acknowledged to _Maldita.es_ that its masks carry the approval seal European without the certification tests having been completed, as you We tell in this other article. 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The Community of Madrid has purchased the masks from Cofares for 50 million