The Dutch Ministry of Health’s announcement on March 28 said it received a batch of masks from a Chinese manufacturer on March 21.

After inspecting the shipment, the Dutch Ministry of Health detected the first signs that they were not up to standard.

According to the announcement, part of the Chinese masks was distributed to health workers before they were discovered to be of poor quality.

NOS television channel said half, about 600,000 units, in a shipment of 1.3 million Chinese masks were transferred to hospitals.

"The rest of the shipment was immediately suspended and now no longer distributed," the notice added.

According to NOS , the problem with Chinese masks is that they do not fit the user’s face or have a defective filter.

“The second inspection also found that these masks did not meet the quality standards. Now we have decided not to use any products in this shipment, ”the Dutch Ministry of Health confirmed.

Notice of future shipments will be further inspected.

The Netherlands has so far recorded 639 deaths and 9,762 cases of the new strain of coronavirus (Covid-19).

French Health Minister Olivier Veran also recently announced plans to order more than 1 billion masks, mainly from China, to help the country cope with the Covid-19 epidemic.

Madrid, Spain this week decided to stop using the Covid-19 rapid test kit manufactured by Bioeasy, a biotechnology company based in Shenzhen, China, after discovering the exact ratio. just 30%.

Spain is said to have ordered 340,000 test kits from Bioeasy after being advertised that the device could give "80% accurate" results.