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HL HL15034
Coronavirus: Screening
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19 April 2021
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23 April 2021 · Answer
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) accuracy, and (2) usefulness, of lateral flow tests, following reports that the rate of false positives returned by these tests has increased as the prevalence of COVID-19 has falle
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19 April 2021
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) accuracy, and (2) usefulness, of lateral flow tests, following reports that the rate of false positives returned by these tests has increased as the prevalence of COVID-19 has falle
Source: Lords
23 April 2021
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New analysis of community testing data shows lateral flow device (LFD) tests to have a specificity of at least 99.9%. For every 1,000 LFD tests carried out, there is less than one false positive result. Rapid testing using LFDs detects cases quickly in un...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-19/HL15034
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1309988
- uk · wq-1309988 · source updated 23 April 2021