United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 33924
Coronavirus: Screening
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15 July 2021
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26 July 2021 · Answer
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26 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the current rate for false (a) positives and (b) negatives from (i) PCR and (ii) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
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15 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the current rate for false (a) positives and (b) negatives from (i) PCR and (ii) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
Source: Commons
26 July 2021
Answer
Since August 2020, Public Health England has evaluated over 150 lateral flow antigen devices produced by United Kingdom and international manufacturers. To date, 31 have displayed performance characteristics desirable for mass testing, namely a very high ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-15/33924
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1347445
- uk · wq-1347445 · source updated 26 July 2021