Health
Mass coronavirus testing in Liverpool has missed half of positive cases, Government figures show – Telegraph.co.uk
Results published this week from a pilot scheme show many people who had Covid-19 would wrongly believe they did not have the disease
As well as problems with false negatives, the new Government guide also said it expected more than half of positive cases picked up under mass testing would be wrong, and advised people to get a separate PCR test to confirm they really did have the virus to avoid unnecessary isolation.
Although false positives do not risk greater transmission, they can mean large numbers of people or entire classes needing to self isolate, bringing widespread disruption to schools and businesses.
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