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"Officials in Spain said testing kits it bought from a Chinese company had only a 30 percent accuracy rate, rather than the 80 percent rate they had expected."

"Officials in Spain said testing kits it bought from a Chinese company had only a 30 percent accuracy rate, rather than the 80 percent rate they had expected." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/china-coronavirus-masks-tests.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/china-coronaviru... "Spanish medical experts, who have examined the 9,000 kits delivered last week, said they have only a 30 percent probability of detecting the virus." https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/chinese-firm-offers-replace-faulty-test-kits-sold-spain https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/... "The news comes following complaints from Spain that about 70 percent of the kits it purchased were too inaccurate to be used to diagnose patients who were sick and stuck in emergency rooms." https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-launches-investigation-into-bioeasy-maker-of-faulty-coronavirus-test-kits-sold-to-spain https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-launches-investigation-i... "Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz." https://news.yahoo.com/china-supplied-faulty-coronavirus-test-162306412.html https://news.yahoo.com/china-supplied-faulty-coronavirus-tes...

throw_456444 7y ago
It looks like the problem isn’t with the tests, but rather they are buying uncertified products. From the first link, > the company that made the test kits, Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology, had not been on Beijing’s list of certified providers > Spanish health officials said they bought the tests from an unnamed third-party distributor Furthermore, the Spanish health officials used the test wrong, > In a statement on social media, Bioeasy said that Spanish officials did not understand how to conduct the test and that it made videos and issued instructions to help them.
- pritovido 7y ago
  Exactly. The test worked very well in South Korea.
  - concerned_user 7y ago
    South Korea made their own kit if I remember correctly.
  - tooltalk 7y ago
    Why would South Korea use Chinese testing kits when they are at least 4 biotech companies making their own testing kits (and for exports)? South Korea companies developed testing kits almost as soon as the Wuhan virus became known and have been using their own in all domestic testings.
- makomk 7y ago
  If I'm following this mess correctly, that list of certified providers didn't actually exist when Spain placed the order which would make it rather hard for them to make use of it.
40four 7y ago
Thanks for the links. I only have so much capacity for bad news. Had no seen these :)

throw_456444 7y ago

It looks like the problem isn’t with the tests, but rather they are buying uncertified products. From the first link, > the company that made the test kits, Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology, had not been on Beijing’s list of certified providers > Spanish health officials said they bought the tests from an unnamed third-party distributor Furthermore, the Spanish health officials used the test wrong, > In a statement on social media, Bioeasy said that Spanish officials did not understand how to conduct the test and that it made videos and issued instructions to help them.

pritovido 7y ago
Exactly. The test worked very well in South Korea.
- concerned_user 7y ago
  South Korea made their own kit if I remember correctly.
- tooltalk 7y ago
  Why would South Korea use Chinese testing kits when they are at least 4 biotech companies making their own testing kits (and for exports)? South Korea companies developed testing kits almost as soon as the Wuhan virus became known and have been using their own in all domestic testings.
makomk 7y ago
If I'm following this mess correctly, that list of certified providers didn't actually exist when Spain placed the order which would make it rather hard for them to make use of it.

40four 7y ago

Thanks for the links. I only have so much capacity for bad news. Had no seen these :)