United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 94560
Coronavirus: Screening
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23 September 2020
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4 November 2020 · Answer
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4 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reliability of the polymerise chain reaction test for covid-19.
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23 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reliability of the polymerise chain reaction test for covid-19.
Source: Commons
4 November 2020
Answer
The current sensitivity of our polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for COVID-19 such as those used at our lighthouse laboratories is over 99%. All manufacturers of PCR tests for COVID-19 must meet the requirements of our validation process to ensure the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-23/94560
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1237138
- uk · wq-1237138 · source updated 4 November 2020