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Coronavirus: Screening

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16 November 2020

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30 November 2020 · Answer

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30 November 2020

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered if any data collected from COVID-19 testing could be used to create (1) a UK DNA biobank, or (2) be used by Genomics England for any purpose.

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  1. 16 November 2020

    Written question

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered if any data collected from COVID-19 testing could be used to create (1) a UK DNA biobank, or (2) be used by Genomics England for any purpose.

    Source: Lords

  2. 30 November 2020

    Answer

    We are not planning to create a new UK DNA biobank specifically for Covid-19 purposes. However, Covid-19 testing data is made available to researchers to support the Covid-19 response. Regarding whether data collected from Covid-19 testing could be used b...

    Source: Written answer

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