Covid testing failures at UK lab ‘should have been flagged within days’

Senior scientists say problems at Immensa site show private firms should not be carrying out PCR testsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth officials should have known about major failings at a private Covid testing lab within days of the problem arising, rather than taking weeks to shut down operations at the site, senior scientists say.About 43,000 people, mostly in south-west England, are believed to havewrongly been told they did not have the virus by Immensa Health Clinic ’s laboratory in Wolverhampton in a debacle described as one of the worst scandals in the UK’s Covid crisis.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 23, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Coronavirus UK news Healthcare industry Health policy Science Medical research Society Source Type: news