- Over 1,300 people in Britain were inaccurately informed they were infected with coronavirus after a laboratory error at the government’s NHS Test and Trace system, the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday.
“NHS Test and Trace has contacted 1,311 individuals who were incorrectly told that the result of COVID-19 tests, taken between Nov. 19 and Nov. 23, were positive. An issue with a batch of testing chemicals meant their test results were void,” a department spokesman said in an emailed statement. The laboratory error that led to the problem was an “isolated incident” and was being investigated, the statement said.
The NHS Test and Trace system has been heavily criticised after a series of high-profile failures since its launch earlier this year, and ministers concede it has not performed as well as they had hoped.
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The entire UK seems to be an error. Delete and reboot system.
Not that anyone in the UK is surprised
You have got to be kidding me. You know what supports a maximum of 65000 (or 2^16, 65536, to be exact) records? 'Excel 2003 supports a maximum of 65,536 rows per worksheet.' -
plandemic
🙄 that figures. Dido Harding, please step forward.
Lah kocag
More like 130,000
I believe attendance at testing centres is pathetic- 25% of booked tests. So each test probably costs about £300
Incompetency at its best!
Which UK country?
They should have listen to this scientist first. English spoken video.
We secretly switched your covid test. It was actually negative and you and your family didn’t need to quarantine for two weeks.
And how many positive people they told was negative? 🤦🏾
Hope they are honest about it. BTW UK mustn't be alone. COVIDIOTS coronavirus
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They must've thought they just have no symptoms. Not a big deal.
Bravo 👏 capitano
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Not shocked
horrible
MINSAPma
That number is far too small!
Isnt that the norm?
Coronavirus testing is a joke. Half are false positives sowing confusion on infection rates.
Yes, I think its probably slightly more than that 😅
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1,300 false positives, when UK is doing 2 Million tests a week. Not bad going really. numbers are all here
No harm done, I'd be worried if it was the other way around and they got told negative when they actually had it
Nothing new there then
Very confusing
We need national reparations.
Outsourcing (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Mike Harrison)
CT scan of chest helps to confirm if there is fever?
Here come all the COVID deniers saying this means they're all wrong...
Better than the other way around I guess.
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Mountainous burden they carry on their shoulders put together with unnecessary hospital stays which in more circumstances resulted to REAL infections. Another mammoth task if quarantined at home......
I think you mist a few 0's there 🤔
England's government is REALLY competent, eh? This is what happens when you vote for incompetent ideologues. Well known from Eastern Europe before 1989.
None of the tests diagnose anything, what is wrong with the stupid media
Omggg some isolation for no reason 😹 this is actually horrible that there are a large number that either test positive and don’t have the virus or vice versa. COVIDー19 COVIDSecondWave coronavirus
it would be worse if they told them no and had it.....
Hahaha the UK failed its own test ......
and now ?
horrible
where'd they get their kits? 🤦
Ups... Who knows how many 'error-terror' tests are really done
Damn they should file up lawsuits
THAT’S WHY THESE DAMN FUCKING NUMBERS AREN’T ACCURATE!!!! 😡😡😡
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