COVID-19 impact: China cheats 'friend' Pakistan with underwear masks

China has not even spared its allweather ally Pakistan Promising to provide testing kits and topquality N95 masks to Pakistan in a bid to help the country that has been crippled by the lethal coronavirus outbreak Beijing actually duped its friend by sending in masks made out of underwearsReporting the news a local Pakistani news channel said China ne chuna laga diya China conned us and further notified that the Sindh provincial government sent the masks to hospitals without checkingIn the name of toquality N95 masks China has sent in masks made out of underwear It was also a lacuna on the part of the provincial health authorities who received the medical aid Without proper checking the masks were sent to Qatar hospital in Karachi Over there the doctors and paramedical staff called it buffooning by China Lahorebased News Break TV reportedLate last month China had asked Pakistan to open the border between the two countries for one day on Friday so that medical supplies to fight coronavirus pandemic could be sentThe Chinese embassy in a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the governor of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China would like to donate a batch of medical materials to GilgitBaltistan the Dawn reportedAccording to the letter the governor had donated 200000 ordinary face masks 2000 N95 face masks five ventilators 2000 testing kits and 2000 medical protective clothes mainly used by doctors and paramedics to fight with the virus which originated in China late last yearAccording to local media reports the rise in the tally of active cases related to COVID19 infection has subsided in the Chinese mainland and therefore the country has been promising to help other countries especially those whose economies have been severely affected by the ongoing crisis But this was not the first case where reports have emerged of China sending low quality medical aid to various countriesThe Nepal government has scrapped a major deal for coronavirus testing kits and protective gears signed with a private Chinese company after finding them be of substandard quality according to a senior official the media reportedIn another incident Spain last week had sent back to China millions of purchased kitsUp to 80 per cent of the 150000 portable quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty National Review reported citing local Czech news site ExpatsczThe test can produce a result in 10 15 minutes but are really less accurate than other tests the media reportedThe Chinaoriginated deadly bug has infected around 12 lakhs people globally while the total tally of death has surpassed 65000 according to the data compiled by USbased John Hopkins UniversityGlobal money lenders including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund IMF have predicted that East Asia and the Pacific could see up to 11 million people driven into poverty with low wage and informal sector workers becoming the most vulnerable as an economic impact of COVID19 pandemicCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever