The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been conducting a “mask diplomacy.” It is making itself a world leader by supplying “friendly” countries with medical supplies. However, the poor quality of the products and sometimes even the fake products that China has provided to the world has caused its attempt to backfire.
On March 27, Fahrettin Koca, Turkey’s Health Minister said that China’s testing kits were only 30 to 35 percent accurate; Turkey could not put the kits in use.
On March 28, Maria Rosario Vergeire, the Philippine’s Deputy Health Minister stated at a news conference that some China-made coronavirus testing kits were only 40 percent accurate. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines announced the next day that, after verification, China’s testing kits did not have a quality problem. Vergeire said that it was another Chinese brand, which a private foundation had donated, that had quality problems.
Malaysian officials said that, to avoid falling into the same trap as Spain (bought Chinese medical supplies but found out later that they couldn’t be used due to severe quality problems), they would not order from China.
Global News reported that Chinese-made “N95” respiratory masks, which were a counterfeit copy of the Valpro Ranger brand, were advertised on the Midas Safety country websites in China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, as well as on the Valpro Safety website in the United Arab Emirates. Midas Safety said the masks were mistakenly placed on the websites by a web administrator and subsequently removed from the websites after they were informed about it being a fake product.
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- “World Leader”: Netherlands Found China’s Face Masks Defected
- “World Leader”: Spain Found 70% Error Rate of China’s Coronavirus Testing Kits
- “World Leader”: The Coronanivus Testing Kits Czeck Republic Bought from China Have 80% Error Rate
1. Excerpt in Chinese:
中国向菲律宾捐赠10万个检测试剂盒，但菲律宾卫生部副部长维赫利 (Maria Rosario Vergeire)于28日在记者会上表示，对比世衞提供的测试剂后发现，部份中国制试剂准确率仅四成，当局表明不会使用。
隔天(3月29日)，中国驻菲律宾大使馆发声明指，高度重视菲律宾卫生部官员的表态，经了解和核实后，大使馆称获菲律宾卫生部确认，中国送赠的测试剂质量非常好，不存在任何准确度问题，完全符合世界卫生组织相关国际标准，又指菲律宾已开始使用有关试剂。
土耳其衞生部长科贾27日指，中国试剂准确率仅30%到35%，因不符要求未投入至公众使用，但未有透露买入多少问题试剂。当地媒体引述一名土耳其公共卫生教授卡拉(Ates Kara)表示，“我们试过了，这些快筛试剂根本没用，西班牙使用这些工具是犯了大错”。
马来西亚卫生官员日前指中国制试剂准确率低，为免步西班牙后尘，将不会从中国订购，但中国驻马来西亚大使其后保证新一批试剂准确率更高，马来西亚当局将进行检验再作决定。当局已测试韩国试剂的准确率，通过后将订购20万个。
Source: Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2002
https://www.dw.com/zh/抗疫外交遇退货潮-中国疑外销劣质医疗品/a-52951583
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
此前，菲卫生部副部长韦尔吉雷（Maria Rosario Vergeire）在周六的一场视频记者会上介绍称，根据世卫组织标准，中国送赠予菲律宾的新冠肺炎测试剂盒，部份准确度仅达40%。
韦尔吉雷在当时续称，菲律宾当局会将这批准确度低的试剂盒储存起来，但不会使用。对此，菲律宾卫生部发表的最新公告显示，昨日的记者会上提到的准确率只有40%的是另一个品牌的试剂盒，该品牌的试剂盒由一个私人基金会捐赠。
Source: Radio France International, March 29, 2020
http://www.rfi.fr/cn/亚洲/20200329-菲律宾卫生部澄清中国援菲试剂盒-符合世卫标准
3. Source: Global News, March 31, 2020
Coronavirus: Counterfeit Chinese-made face masks pulled offline after Global News probe