EU Suspends Delivery of 10 Million Chinese Masks Over Quality Issues

EU Suspends Delivery of 10 Million Chinese Masks Over Quality Issues
European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides removes a mouth mask after addressing a media conference regarding tourism at EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 13, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/ Pool Photo via AP
The Associated Press
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BRUSSELS—The European Commission said on May 14 it has suspended the delivery of 10 million Chinese masks to member states and Britain after two countries complained about the poor quality of the batches they received.

As part of its efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, this month the EU’s executive arm started dispatching the masks to health care workers.