{"id":361109,"date":"2026-07-14T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nearly-10bn-of-taxpayers-money-spent-on-ppe-was-wasted-covid-inquiry-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:00:34","slug":"nearly-10bn-of-taxpayers-money-spent-on-ppe-was-wasted-covid-inquiry-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nearly-10bn-of-taxpayers-money-spent-on-ppe-was-wasted-covid-inquiry-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly \u00a310bn of taxpayers&#8217; money spent on PPE was wasted, COVID inquiry finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jTZ0ZHkc_28\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Nearly \u00a310bn of taxpayers' money spent on PPE was wasted, COVID inquiry finds\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jTZ0ZHkc_28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The fifth module of the COVID inquiry has found &#8216;billions&#8217; of taxpayer money was wasted on PPE. 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