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Stroud Coronavirus Community Response 💙

14 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read

@UKHSA

We've updated our page on advice for people who have tested positive on rapid/lateral flow test but then negative on PCR following new quote from @UKHSA: neighbournetworks.uk/2021/10/07/pos…

See also Bath & North East Somerset

https://twitter.com/jo_jenkinson/status/1448630142507659281?t=OaMRKJd6WC4WuGjnzjmebg&s=19

@UKHSA

West Berks Council recommending some people retake PCR tests after Dept for Health & Social Care confirm Newbury Showground one of number of test sites "affected by false negatives" newburytoday.co.uk/news/amp/resid….

Will @UKHSA issue national statement on sites and people affected?

@GlosCC

Hoping @GlosCC can provide similar clarity soon. Seems a plausible similar issue with test site(s) explain problems with negative PCRs that have often followed (repeat) LFT positives

https://twitter.com/WestBerkshire/status/1448703307665625093?t=564fIj-fNBPGcpeRxQbDuw&s=19

Statement from UKHSA

https://twitter.com/UKHSA/status/1448934951571820559?t=v8GYiychwAIR8P23vi-JNg&s=19

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Stroud Coronavirus Community Response 💙

@StroudCorona

16 Oct

Here's our weekly #Covid19 data update for #Stroud and #Gloucestershire.
We now know that the past few weeks have been badly affected by false negative PCR results from the Immensa lab... but have done our best to account for this.
Thread. Read in full: neighbournetworks.uk/2021/10/16/16o…

1/ Here's the clearest chart showing impact of the Immensa testing lab fiasco. This shows the number of people to test positive in the past 7 days. The shaded are covers 8th Sept - 11th October, but data since (to 15th) is still an undercount.

2/ It's worth underlining that 696 people testing positive in a week in Stroud district is highest ever number by a distance *despite* data from 11th and 12th Oct being a massive undercount.
People being re-tested from a whole week into a few days 'over-corrects'... but still

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