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Finland's Emergency Supply Agency Head Quits Over Face Mask Purchase
// The Finnish government said on Friday it has accepted the resignation of the head of the country's emergency supply agency over a multi-million euro purchase of Chinese face masks that proved unsuitable for hospital use.
// The National Emergency Supply Centre had paid two Finnish agents a combined 10 million euros ($11 million) for face mask deliveries from China.
//The delivery that arrived from China on Tuesday was meant to contain 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 other face masks.
//But the masks were quickly found not to be suitable for hospital use due to their low quality
//the first delivery of masks were bought via an agent who previously ran a short-term loan business and who faces court orders for debts.
Source: NYTimes, (10-Apr)
https://nyti.ms/3cqkQCo
Further reading:
Thermometer Only Gives Reading Below 37°C, Thai Police Arrest Chinese Smugglers of Fake Thermometer and COVID19 Test Kits
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19480
China raises export requirements for medical supplies. Over 1 million RMB worth of PPE delayed at customs
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19304
Several Countries Report Incorrect Results From China's COVID-19 Test Kits; Beijing: Chinese Test Kits are of Good Quality
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19062
Czech Republic finds 150,000 rapid coronavirus test kits recieved from China have an 80% error rate, returns to laboratory testing
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19058
Some coronavirus test kits shipped to states are not working as expected, the CDC says
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17293
#Finland #Masks #Purchase #China #Unusable #MadeInChina
Finland's Emergency Supply Agency Head Quits Over Face Mask Purchase
// The Finnish government said on Friday it has accepted the resignation of the head of the country's emergency supply agency over a multi-million euro purchase of Chinese face masks that proved unsuitable for hospital use.
// The National Emergency Supply Centre had paid two Finnish agents a combined 10 million euros ($11 million) for face mask deliveries from China.
//The delivery that arrived from China on Tuesday was meant to contain 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 other face masks.
//But the masks were quickly found not to be suitable for hospital use due to their low quality
//the first delivery of masks were bought via an agent who previously ran a short-term loan business and who faces court orders for debts.
Source: NYTimes, (10-Apr)
https://nyti.ms/3cqkQCo
Further reading:
Thermometer Only Gives Reading Below 37°C, Thai Police Arrest Chinese Smugglers of Fake Thermometer and COVID19 Test Kits
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19480
China raises export requirements for medical supplies. Over 1 million RMB worth of PPE delayed at customs
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19304
Several Countries Report Incorrect Results From China's COVID-19 Test Kits; Beijing: Chinese Test Kits are of Good Quality
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19062
Czech Republic finds 150,000 rapid coronavirus test kits recieved from China have an 80% error rate, returns to laboratory testing
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19058
Some coronavirus test kits shipped to states are not working as expected, the CDC says
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17293
#Finland #Masks #Purchase #China #Unusable #MadeInChina
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Finland's Emergency Supply Agency Head Quits Over Face Mask Purchase
The Finnish government said on Friday it has accepted the resignation of the head of the country's emergency supply agency over a multi-million euro purchase of Chinese face masks that proved unsuitable for hospital use.
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Suomenmaa, a Finnish newspaper, reported on 30 June that Mikko Kärnä, chairman of the Finnish Parliament’s Finland-Taiwan relations group, commended the high quality level of the donated masks from Taiwan. According to the laboratory report by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the made-in-Taiwan masks were of top quality with filtration rate of over 99.7%. The masks were subsequently distributed to medical facilities in northern Finland. Kärnä expressed his deep gratitude towards Taiwan for the donation.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an industrial research institution responsible for testing the quality of imported masks during the pandemic. According to Finnish government regulations, only those masks that pass their quality inspection tests are provided to their medical staff.
Taiwan’s representative in Finland, Zhang XiuZhen, shared her delight in the lab results, which showed the excellent quality and reliability of made-in-Taiwan products. She was glad to hear that the medical supplies donated by the Taiwanese government were effective in helping other countries fight the pandemic.
At the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in Finland, the Finnish government purchased 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 protective masks from China. However, lab results revealed that these made-in-China masks did not meet the standard for hospital use.
According to Finnish National Broadcasting Company, the director of the Finnish National Emergency Supply Agency, Tomi Lounema, admitted spending over 10 million Euros in procurement, but the contracts either failed to deliver or resulted in supplying sub-quality masks unsuitable for hospital use. Lounema had since resigned in April. Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said at the time that she lost faith in Lounema’s ability to manage the National Emergency Supply Agency.
Source: Apple Daily
#Taiwan #Masks #Finland
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Suomenmaa, a Finnish newspaper, reported on 30 June that Mikko Kärnä, chairman of the Finnish Parliament’s Finland-Taiwan relations group, commended the high quality level of the donated masks from Taiwan. According to the laboratory report by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the made-in-Taiwan masks were of top quality with filtration rate of over 99.7%. The masks were subsequently distributed to medical facilities in northern Finland. Kärnä expressed his deep gratitude towards Taiwan for the donation.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an industrial research institution responsible for testing the quality of imported masks during the pandemic. According to Finnish government regulations, only those masks that pass their quality inspection tests are provided to their medical staff.
Taiwan’s representative in Finland, Zhang XiuZhen, shared her delight in the lab results, which showed the excellent quality and reliability of made-in-Taiwan products. She was glad to hear that the medical supplies donated by the Taiwanese government were effective in helping other countries fight the pandemic.
At the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in Finland, the Finnish government purchased 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 protective masks from China. However, lab results revealed that these made-in-China masks did not meet the standard for hospital use.
According to Finnish National Broadcasting Company, the director of the Finnish National Emergency Supply Agency, Tomi Lounema, admitted spending over 10 million Euros in procurement, but the contracts either failed to deliver or resulted in supplying sub-quality masks unsuitable for hospital use. Lounema had since resigned in April. Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said at the time that she lost faith in Lounema’s ability to manage the National Emergency Supply Agency.
Source: Apple Daily
#Taiwan #Masks #Finland
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台灣贈20萬枚口罩輾壓中國製造 芬蘭驗證「品質頂級」過濾率99.7% ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報
台灣日前捐贈芬蘭20萬片口罩，經當地實驗室檢驗後，證實「品質頂級」，可有效協助芬蘭對抗疫情。
#Finland #Extradition #1C1S
Finland Annuls Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong after China Enforces National Security Law in Hong Kong
After the National Security Law was put into effective in Hong Kong on 30 June 2020, Australia and Canada had both announced suspension of their extradition treaties with Hong Kong.
On 13 July, Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto had also announced that under the Hong Kong National Security Law, the extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Finland would no longer be applicable.
As stated in a Reuters report, Haavisto told a press conference that the current situation has changed from the time when Finland first signed the treaty, thus the extradition agreement with Hong Kong “should not be applied”.
Source: Stand News #Jul14
Finland Annuls Extradition Treaty with Hong Kong after China Enforces National Security Law in Hong Kong
After the National Security Law was put into effective in Hong Kong on 30 June 2020, Australia and Canada had both announced suspension of their extradition treaties with Hong Kong.
On 13 July, Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto had also announced that under the Hong Kong National Security Law, the extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Finland would no longer be applicable.
As stated in a Reuters report, Haavisto told a press conference that the current situation has changed from the time when Finland first signed the treaty, thus the extradition agreement with Hong Kong “should not be applied”.
Source: Stand News #Jul14
A Finnish Athlete Calls for help due to a Big Water Leakage in the Athletes' Village; Chinese Official Requests to Delete the Video
In addition to the game results arguments, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics also has issues outside the field.
Katri Lylynperä, a Finnish cross-country skier, recently shared her 2022 #Beijing Winter Olympic life on #Instagram Stories. Some of the stories showed a large amount of water was rushed out like an open water tap from the ceiling of her room, flooding her room in seconds, being able to make splashes with her feet. Her room and the walkway suddenly become a "sea view suite" with indoor rain from the ceiling. She Reluctantly called for help.
She even made jokes about it, "We have a waterfall here, and the flooding issue will be solved soon".
Soon after the video being posted, the first reaction of the authority was not to solve the leaking issue but to ask the athlete to remove the post. The handling method attracted many people saying, "They thought the whole world was using #Weibo (a Chinese microblogging website)", "lmao, China has got used to deleting others' videos".
Source: FTV news #Feb12
https://bit.ly/3prywWD
#Finland #AthleteVillage #KatriLylynperä
In addition to the game results arguments, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics also has issues outside the field.
Katri Lylynperä, a Finnish cross-country skier, recently shared her 2022 #Beijing Winter Olympic life on #Instagram Stories. Some of the stories showed a large amount of water was rushed out like an open water tap from the ceiling of her room, flooding her room in seconds, being able to make splashes with her feet. Her room and the walkway suddenly become a "sea view suite" with indoor rain from the ceiling. She Reluctantly called for help.
She even made jokes about it, "We have a waterfall here, and the flooding issue will be solved soon".
Soon after the video being posted, the first reaction of the authority was not to solve the leaking issue but to ask the athlete to remove the post. The handling method attracted many people saying, "They thought the whole world was using #Weibo (a Chinese microblogging website)", "lmao, China has got used to deleting others' videos".
Source: FTV news #Feb12
https://bit.ly/3prywWD
#Finland #AthleteVillage #KatriLylynperä
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冬奧／選手村大漏水一夕成「海景套房」芬蘭選手求救 官方還要求刪影片 - 民視新聞網
體育中心／李明融報導2022北京冬奧不僅比賽結果爭議不斷外，就連場下也頻傳問題，有芬蘭選手日前在社群媒體上分享她這次參加奧運的過程，不過卻意外在選手村碰到嚴重漏水事件，房間、走廊瞬間變成「海景套房」，天花板就像下著室內大雨般，地板也嚴重積水，讓她無奈寫下「救命！」，官方事後竟然還要求選手將相關影片全部刪除，讓外界對中國.....