Jul 16, 2020
Coronavirus tests used by the NHS may be unsafe and have been halted, the government has announced. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary is to make a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon about the problems with coronavirus kits, which could hamper widespread testing. The Department of Health said that the NHS Test […]
Jul 7, 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has dropped controversial plans to force workers to pay for coronavirus tests organised by their employers through their tax returns, on the eve of his coronavirus “mini-Budget”. HMRC guidance published this week had made clear that...
Jul 1, 2020
“These observations indicate important weaknesses in the evidence on Covid-19 serological tests, particularly those being marketed as point-of-care tests,” the authors wrote in the BMJ. “While the scientific community should be lauded for the pace at...
Jun 25, 2020
Jon Deeks, Professor of Biostatistics and head of the Test Evaluation Research Group at the University of Birmingham, said: “We have to ask the question, is this going to do more harm than good? “It’s giving people the sense that they may be immune....
Jun 24, 2020
The experts writing in the BMJ also question the companies’ claims of accuracy due to the limited information they have published. Professor Jon Deeks, who advises the WHO and led the first systematic review of the studies supporting the antibody tests, said:...
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