https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/china-coronavirus-masks-tests.htmlThe Chinese embassy in Spain said in a series of tweets that the company that made the test kits, Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology, had not been on Beijing’s list of certified providers nor a supplier to aid packages organized by Chinese companies like Alibaba, the e-commerce giant. Market regulators in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city where the company is based, said they were investigating the matter.
Spanish health officials said they bought the tests from an
unnamed third-party distributor but argued that they did not need to wait for a certified list from China, saying they had already received European certification. “Spain follows the norm of the European Union,” the health ministry said.
The problem isn’t confined to China. In the United States, an initial coronavirus test kit rolled out by government officials contained a faulty indicator. But the sheer size of China’s response and the lingering effects of its own coronavirus containment efforts have complicated the process.
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