Mike Le Couteur reports on a recent set-back when it comes to testing for COVID-19 in Canada, after an Ottawa biotech company voluntarily recalled a rapid test it had developed after Health Canada raised concerns about its effectiveness. Plus, Robin Gill looks at the number of cases and deaths caused by the virus in the country, and the government increase to the Canada Child Benefit to help families take care of their children during the pandemic. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6899408/coronavirus-test-recall-health-canada/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Canada

The Chinese government reacted to India’s decision to return rapid antibody test kits for Covid-19 which had been found to be faulty. A day after the Indian Council for Medical Research said that test kits supplied by two Chinese firms should not be used, Beijing expressed objections. China claimed that the test kits had been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration, as well as Indian National Virus Research Institute. A day earlier, the Indian government had clarified that no payment had been made to the firms so far.

A group of local scientists will complete on April 1 a field trial needed for the mass rollout of the first Philippine-developed test kits for the novel coronavirus, a regulatory agency said Wednesday.

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