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The pandemic led to a surge in demand for Covid home testing kits, radically reshaping the UK market for at-home medical diagnostics. But, not every expert is convinced it s a good thing.
Controversial lateral flow tests may have been sent out to millions of schoolchildren with the wrong instructions, it has emerged.
Many of the Chinese-made kits contained guidance saying they were to be used by people suffering symptoms of coronavirus going against official UK guidance.
The devices were also sent out with a notice that they were to be administered to people suspected of Covid by their healthcare provider , The Telegraph reports.
It comes despite the Government claiming the main purpose of the 30-minute tests is to catch asymptomatic carriers, who make up a third of all new infections.
Britons who fall ill are supposed to get a PCR test, which is much more accurate. This process automatically logs the case in the Government s coronavirus contact tracing programme.
EXCLUSIVE: Over 3,000 positive results have been wrong since schools opened
Rapid self-testing kits are now available free to any member of public in the UK
Councils also offer them to people who want a test but don t have symptoms
Public Health England admit at least one in 10 results corrected after lab test
Professor Jon Deeks said dozens of people can be affected by one wrong result