Chinese fans imported from Bosnia are "useless"

Prosecutors in the Bosnian state said that around 100 fans that the government had bought from a Chinese company have proven to be useless for patients with coronavirus.

For the team, Bosnia paid 5 million euros to the private fruit processing company, without a license to import medical equipment, called Silver Raspberry.

After accusations that the government imported respirators at highly inflated prices, the public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into possible corruption and fraud.

Prosecutors said on Monday that imported ventilators "do not even meet the minimum requirements for adequate treatment" of coronavirus patients, and "that it is not advisable to use these ventilators in intensive care units. "

Analysts have warned that China is trying to expand its economic power by offering aid to other countries that are making desperate efforts to fight the virus.

The Netherlands had previously ordered the removal of around 600,000 masks from a shipment of 1.3 million goods from China, after an inspection had shown that they did not did not protect the face or had defective filters.

Spain purchased 640,000 rapid test kits from China and returned the order, after the Spanish association of microbiologists warned that the kits operated with an accuracy level of less than 30%.

India has also canceled orders for around half a million Chinese coronavirus rapid test kits after discovering that they are "defective" and have an accuracy rate of only 5%.