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UIN 38403

Coronavirus: Screening

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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21 April 2020

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1 May 2020 · Answer

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1 May 2020

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the error rate is for the current tests for covid-19.

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  1. 21 April 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the error rate is for the current tests for covid-19.

    Source: Commons

  2. 1 May 2020

    Answer

    Public Health England’s RdRp assay which is the test that has been used to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 as part of pillar 1 of the Government’s testing strategy has a very high specificity over 95%.The sensitivity of the test when it is used in the f...

    Source: Written answer

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