Hundreds of thousands of rapid coronavirus test kits purchased by Spain from China do not work as expected, a report said Thursday. The report in the Spanish daily El Pais is based on sources in a large Spanish hospital that has tested some of the 340,000 kits upon their arrival. "The rapid tests, manufactured by the Chinese company Bioeasy, based in Shenzhen, have a sensitivity of 30%, when it should be higher than 80%," the sources told El Pais. One of the microbiologists who studied the kits said, "With that value it does not make sense to use these tests." The daily said Spain's Health Ministry confirmed the the tests' low efficiency late Wednesday. The ministry recalled the tests from use and told the manufacturer to replace them. Spanish authorities have been under pressure over the COVID-19 outbreak, which has exposed Spanish universal health care system's shortcomings, some of which are the result of years of budget cuts. In response to the criticism, authorities have promised to distribute hundreds of thousands of masks and COVID-19 fast tests this week. On Wednesday, Health Minister Salvador Illa announced a 432 million euro ($474 million) purchase of Chinese medical material, including 500 million masks, 5.5 million test kits and 950 ventilators. The country’s hospitals are groaning under the weight of the pandemic: Video and photos from two hospitals in the Spanish capital showed patients, many hooked up to oxygen tanks, crowding corridors and emergency rooms. At the 12 de Octubre University Hospital, patients could be seen on the floor as they waited for a bed in recent days. The hospital says the patients have since been accommodated elsewhere. On Wednesday, the number of medical personnel infected was nearly 6,500 nationally, health authorities said, representing 13.6% of the country's 47,600 total cases and about 1% of the health system's workforce. At least three health care workers have died. The government said that protecting medical staff is central to their efforts to do what's known as “flattening the curve” – Spreading out the time period of when infections occur, in order to reduce the burden on intensive care units. But health workers say that even simple things such as gowns and masks are still in short supply, as are tests. “All over the country, you see examples of workers inventing homemade suits using plastics,” said Dr. Olga Mediano, a lung specialist in Guadalajara, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of Madrid. https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/340000-coronavirus-tests-spain-bought-from-china-dont-work-report-says
纽约时报报道：
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/coronavirus-news.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#commentsContainer
中国驻西班牙大使馆辟谣：（西班牙文）
https://twitter.com/ChinaEmbEsp/status/1243127820408295425
属实，正如巨巨多次指出”被我党骗不能怪我党，得怪被骗的人 - 奥巴马，小布什“。今天西班牙政府也加入了这一光荣队伍。
能骗到几千万点击和媒体报道，已经很成功了啊。至于试剂盒是否合格，那都是浮云。
所以以后牢房都关受害者，而不是作恶者，奇妙的世界。
为啥要洗地，板鸭自己人蠢买深圳公司的不合格测试盒，好正常的，和我党完全没有关系，正如上面说的，板鸭欠中国一个道歉!
深圳易瑞生物回应：西班牙未严格按照操作说明 西班牙决定继续执行与易瑞生物的合同
西班牙卫生部于西班牙当地时间3月26号傍晚发布最新声明：西班牙卫生部于西班牙当地时间3月26号傍晚发布最新声明：该快检试剂盒供应商拥有合法的欧盟CE认证，因此可以在西班牙合法销售，同时决定更换另一批的产品。