The move followed highly publicised complaints from some governments and hospitals that they received PPE from China that they considered faulty. We have requested that China revise its new requirements to allow the expeditious export of vital PPE to the United States,” he said. The United States is heavily reliant on medical supplies produced in China, a major strategic and trade rival, something that has been highlighted in the pandemic, in which the United States has been the worst-hit country. It said China had also donated more than 5 million masks and 500,000 test kits to the United States. On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal cited US businesses and diplomatic memos as saying that China’s export restrictions had left US-bound face masks, test kits and other medical equipment stranded.

Source: bd News24 April 17, 2020 23:26 UTC