English laboratory gave 43 thousand incorrect results on Covid in one month!
Covid testing in a private laboratory in Wolverhampton was put on hold after an investigation by NHS Test and Trace found that around 43,000 people in England and Wales may have received incorrect results.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which is responsible for “planning, preventing and responding to external health threats”, has confirmed the suspension of Covid testing at the Immense Health Clinic laboratory.
The NHS Test and Trace survey examined approximately 400,000 samples that were processed through the laboratory, after many reports of "people who received negative PCR test results after having previously tested positive on a lateral flow device".
It found that around 43,000 people may have been affected by errors, receiving erroneous results between 8 September and 12 October, mainly in the South West of England. A huge number, more than 10% of the total tests!
UKHSA stated that "this is an isolated incident attributed to one laboratory only" stating that there is no structural problem in the test system as a whole and that all other samples have been redirected to other facilities.
Of course, with an error rate of over 10% it is rather useless to go to a laboratory for tests: in the end the lateral flow tests were much more precise than the expensive laboratory PCR tests.
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