Saturday, April 4, 2020

China Floods Europe With Defective COVID-19-Fighting Medical Equipment

As the coronavirus rages across Europe, a growing number of countries are reporting that millions of pieces of medical equipment donated by, or purchased from, China to defeat the pandemic are defective and unusable.

On March 28, the Netherlands was forced to recall 1.3 million face masks produced in China because they did not meet the minimum safety standards for medical personnel.

The Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported on March 17 that the Netherlands had only a few days' supply of masks: "All hope is now for that one cargo plane from China on Wednesday." The substandard quality of the masks delivered by China has left the Netherlands shattered.

On March 25, the Spanish government announced that it had purchased medical supplies from China in the amount of432 million, and that Chinese vendors demanded that they be paid up front before the deliveries were made.

On March 28, Malaysia received a consignment of medical equipment donated by China, consisting of test kits, medical face masks, surgical masks and other personal protective equipment.

On March 30, China urged European countries not to "Politicize" concerns about the quality of medical supplies from China.

"Mr. Johnson has been warned by scientific advisers that China's officially declared statistics on the number of cases of coronavirus could be 'downplayed by a factor of 15 to 40 times.' And No. 10 believes China is seeking to build its economic power during the pandemic with 'predatory offers of help' to countries around the world."

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15840/china-defective-medical-equipment

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