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Chinese Firm Offers to Replace Faulty Test Kits Sold to Spain

Martin Arostegui

   A Chinese company offered Friday to replace thousands of faulty
   coronavirus test kits after Spanish health authorities -- desperate for
   materials to cope with the world's second highest COVID-19 death toll
   -- complained they did not work as promised.

   China has sold face masks and other medical equipment through a series
   of personal contacts with Spanish authorities, including discussions
   between chief executives of Chinese tech giant Alibaba and Spain's King
   Felipe.

   But the first shipment of 640,000 test kits was found to have
   "insufficient sensibility" to reliably identify infected patients,
   according to Health Minister Salvador Illa, who announced Thursday that
   58,000 kits had been returned.

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