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UIN 125215

Coronavirus: Screening

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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4 December 2020

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15 December 2020 · Answer

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15 December 2020

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made assessment of the false-positive rates of PCR tests.

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  1. 4 December 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made assessment of the false-positive rates of PCR tests.

    Source: Commons

  2. 15 December 2020

    Answer

    All tests have been assessed as performing to manufacturers’ specifications before being used. The current tests are very specific and the risk of false positives is extremely low. Like any diagnostic test however, there is always the small possibility of...

    Source: Written answer

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