A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP
A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP

Coronavirus pandemic

China /  Diplomacy

China’s embassy in India accuses ‘certain individuals’ of prejudice in Covid-19 test kits row

  • Country stopped using rapid antibody tests from two Chinese companies after complaints about accuracy
  • Embassy says it is ‘deeply concerned’ about the decision, which it calls ‘unfair and irresponsible’

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Keegan Elmer
Keegan Elmer in Beijing

Updated: 8:00pm, 28 Apr, 2020

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A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP
A health worker takes a swab test at a Covid-19 testing centre in New Delhi. India stopped using test kits from two Chinese firms over accuracy concerns. Photo: AP
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