A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP
A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP
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Spanish capital ditches ‘unreliable’ Chinese coronavirus test kits

  • Madrid stops using the kits and health ministry asks for them to be replaced after tests suggest they only have a 30 per cent accuracy level
  • Spanish government is reported to have ordered 340,000 of the kits, which the Shenzhen-based manufacturer said had an 80 per cent strike rate

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Stuart LauPhoebe Zhang
Stuart Lau and Phoebe Zhang in Shenzhen

Updated: 8:52am, 29 Mar, 2020

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A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP
A police officer is given a swab test at Madrid city hall. Photo: AFP
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