Thousands of Brits with coronavirus are 'taking tests that will never be analysed' as labs battle 185,000 swab backlog
with more than 180 weekly cases per 100,000 people - no tests were available on the government’s online booking system between Thursday and Saturday.Leaked figures show that three-quarters of all tests miss government targets, taking longer than 24 hours from booking to result.Documents also show that more tests are being thrown away due to human or technical error - known as voiding.
Internal reports state that tests are mostly voided because of “swab leaks” and “damaged tubes” during transit, or human error, such as people sending urine rather than saliva.But officials have suggested labs are in fact freezing or throwing away tests after an arbitrary period. Officials have also been told that processing tests from Britain is “not a priority” at foreign labs.
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