Australian experts raise security concerns about Chinese maker of Andrew Forrest Covid-19 tests Australia news


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Health minister downplays risks of data breach but experts say discussion of BGI must consider human rights concerns. Experts and human rights groups have raised new concerns about the Chinese company at the centre of Andrew Forrest’s Covid-19 testing deal following California’s reported rejection of its equipment due to security concerns. The Australian government announced in late April that it had accepted 10m Covid-19 tests manufactured by the Beijing Genomics Institute, purchased in a $200m deal brokered by Forrest, the mining billionaire, and his philanthropic arm, the Minderoo Foundation. Last week, the Washington Post reported that California had rejected use...