Thousands of kits meant to screen for COVID-19 delivered to New Brunswick from a supplier in China last week were contaminated and unusable.
Dr. Richard Garceau, a microbiologist-infectologist at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, told Radio-Canada more than 6,400 test kits were contaminated.
"As soon as we received them, we realized that they were all contaminated with bacteria … In addition to being contaminated, the product was defective," Garceau said.
The kits included swabs and sterilized tubes.
The federal government had ordered the kits from a supplier in China after a normal supplier's factory in Italy had sold-out of stock.
Dr. Richard Garceau, a microbiologist-infectologist at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, told Radio-Canada more than 6,400 test kits were contaminated.
"As soon as we received them, we realized that they were all contaminated with bacteria … In addition to being contaminated, the product was defective," Garceau said.
The kits included swabs and sterilized tubes.
The federal government had ordered the kits from a supplier in China after a normal supplier's factory in Italy had sold-out of stock.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/test-kits-contaminated-new-brunswick-1.5534125
其实上次的报道就已经有暗示了，因为原有产量不够，所以加拿大去找了一些新的厂家，不过那时没有说新厂家是哪里的。
是，加拿大有一部分是自产。