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NHS adviser defends mass Covid testing amid fears of ‘false negatives’ – Swindon Advertiser
Dr Susan Hopkins says the deployment of lateral flow tests in Liverpool detected many cases that would otherwise have been missed.
The mass use of rapid turnaround tests for coronavirus has been defended by a senior adviser to the NHS amid concerns a high level of “false negatives” is giving people a misplaced sense of reassurance.Government figures released earlier this week from Liverpool – where the mass rollout of the lateral flow tests was first piloted – showed they missed half of all cases and a third of those with a high viral load who were likely to be the most infectious.It led to calls from some scientists for their…
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