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Coronavirus masks that France ordered from China were bought at the last minute by the United States as they waited to be loaded onto cargo planes, French officials have said. “Americans pay three or four times the amount we pay, and in cash,” said Jean Rottner, head of France&...Read more »
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Chinese officials have begun inspecting every shipment of N95 respirators, ventilators and other medical supplies for quality issues before export, a policy likely to delay the arrival of critical gear at hospitals around the world that are struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic....Read more »
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China tightened restrictions on exports of masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) on Friday, calling for shipments of the items to be subjected to a mandatory customs inspection, with immediate effect. The new rules mark the latest bid by China to balance the global demand for...Read more »
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The COVID-19 pandemic is sprawling across the world at a faster pace. On top of our domestic efforts in fighting the epidemic, it is important that we export medical products in an orderly manner with a view to deepening international cooperation on epidemic control and jointly responding ...Read more »
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In order to better support the international community’s joint response at this unusual moment towards a global public health crisis caused by the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, the measures to enhance quality oversight and step up export regulation for epidemic prevention and control suppli...Read more »
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer block the import of KN95 masks, due to a shortage in personal protective equipment, or PPE, in the United States, an agency official first told Buzzfeed News. The masks have been described as the Chinese equivalent of an N95 mask which ...Read more »
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Dutch officials have recalled tens of thousands of masks imported from China and distributed to hospitals battling the coronavirus outbreak because they do not meet quality standards. They received a delivery of masks from a Chinese manufacturer on March 21, the health ministry said in a s...Read more »
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One of Tang Zhi’s jobs is to count from 1 to 100 loudly and slowly, a monotonous but critical procedure to test the quality of a surgical mask. Walking into a test room and putting on a hanging N95 mask that is connected to a sampling tube, the quality inspector stands quietly, breathing n...Read more »
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Brussels will temporarily allow ventilators, testing kits and other crucial goods to enter the EU duty and VAT free in a bid to drive down the price of frontline equipment in the battle against coronavirus. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that the move could cut th...Read more »
