UK testing error wrongly tells 1,300 people they have coronavirus
The NHS Test and Trace system has been heavily criticised after a series of high-profile failures since its launch earlier this year
28 November 2020 - 12:59
Over 1,300 people in Britain were 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 November 19 and November 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...
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