Spain to return faulty kits

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Madrid: Spain has suspended the use of Chinese kits to detect coronavirus after being found to be faulty.
As per media reports, Spain discovered that the rapid test kits failed to detect positive cases.
Experts in Spain have reached a conclusion that the kits from China are failing to detect positive corona cases. Spanish newspaper El Pais in a report said that the Chinese kits have only 30 percent sensitivity and are able to detect only 30 percent of the positive cases whereas the tests need to be at least 80 percent sensitive to be effective. (IANS)

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