A WHITEHALL decision to send coronavirus tests to the United States has backfired as 29,500 of the 67,000 sent have been declared void.
laboratory suddenly stopped processing samples after reaching capacity. They had been voided due to the way in which they had been processed, those who took one of the tests will have to be re-tested, which will cost an estimated six-figure sum for the taxpayer. Lord Bethell, the Innovation Under-Secretary, told the Telegraph: “We worked hard to get complete tests for people under difficult circumstances.“In many cases that worked and we are grateful to the team for their efforts.
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