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Canada says a million masks imported from China unusable | The Malaysian Insight

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Canada says a million masks imported from China unusable

Much of the world's supply of protective masks is manufactured in China. – EPA pic, April 25, 2020.

THE Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not meet its strict standards and so could not be distributed to frontline health workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Public Health Agency of Canada “has identified approximately one million KN95 masks as non-compliant with specifications for healthcare settings,” a spokesman told AFP.

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