Unfair to lable our testing kits faulty: China reacts on ICMR statement

New Delhi : ‘Two Chinese firms –Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics under scanner have been ‘validated and approved by ICMR through National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and considered as satisfactory products’, said Chinese embassy spokesperson Ji Rong. This comes a day after ICMR asked states not to use the rapid testing kits procured from Beijing.

Issuing a statement on the matter, a Chinese spokesperson said that the kits have been exported to many countries and labeling them faulty is 'unfair and irresponsible' for certain individuals.

“China attaches great importance to the quality of exported medical products. Recently, Chinese Embassy in India has maintained close contact with ICMR and the two Chinese companies to find out the real situation. We hope the Indian side could respect China’s goodwill and sincerity, strengthen communication timely with relevant Chinese companies based on facts, and resolve it reasonably and properly”, the statement read.

He also labeled coronavirus as the common enemy and said that it can be defeated only when all of us stand together against it.

“We will continue to support India’s efforts in fighting Covid-19, strengthen medical and health cooperation, and jointly work with India to overcome the difficulties at an early date, so as to safeguard the safety and health of our peoples as well as global and regional public health security,” the Chinese embassy statement added.