The Dutch government has ordered a recall of around 600,000 masks out of a shipment of 1.3 million from China after they failed to meet quality standards.
The defective masks had already been distributed to several hospitals currently battling the COVID-19 outbreak, news agency AFP and Dutch media reported.
An inspection revealed that the FFP2 masks did not protect the face properly or had defective filter membranes.
The masks were delivered to the Netherlands by a Chinese manufacturer on March 21.
Several hospitals in the Netherlands had already rejected some of the shipment even before the Health Ministry issued the recall.
"When they were delivered to our hospital, I immediately rejected those masks," a hospital source told Dutch public broadcaster NOS. China is sending millions of masks and medical supplies to countries across the world to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Netherlands currently has over 9,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-netherlands-recalls-defective-masks-bought-from-china/a-52949216
The defective masks had already been distributed to several hospitals currently battling the COVID-19 outbreak, news agency AFP and Dutch media reported.
An inspection revealed that the FFP2 masks did not protect the face properly or had defective filter membranes.
The masks were delivered to the Netherlands by a Chinese manufacturer on March 21.
Several hospitals in the Netherlands had already rejected some of the shipment even before the Health Ministry issued the recall.
"When they were delivered to our hospital, I immediately rejected those masks," a hospital source told Dutch public broadcaster NOS. China is sending millions of masks and medical supplies to countries across the world to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Netherlands currently has over 9,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-netherlands-recalls-defective-masks-bought-from-china/a-52949216
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