It has been one of the most enduring Covid conspiracy theories: that the 'gold standard' PCR tests used to diagnose the virus were picking up people who weren't actually infected.

But a closer look at the allegedly positive PCR test, especially its digital version, raises questions. The digital data suggests that the test results aren’t from Dec. 16 at all.

Covid PCR supplier Randox is to resolve issues with its test sample drop-off boxes as photos emerge of them overflowing and long result wait times are reported.

Delayed coronavirus test results have been a problem globally, leading to travellers not being able to make their flights Eventually, our results came through via email on Saturday night: negative.

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South Korea, the country that got going first with extensive Covid-19 testing, has so far carried out 394,000 (equivalent to 770 per 100,000 people). Iceland has done 4,160 tests per 100,000.

Travellers must take PCR tests when they return to the UK from abroad, with more than 400 firms on the Government's official list of providers. For more info on the rules for overseas travel, see our ...

A person who tests positive for the virus should be distinguished from a sick person." The test being used is a positive polymerase chain reaction, or PCR test.

Day 2 PCR tests are being advertised on the UK government’s list of approved providers for as little as 95p (€1.12). The average price for a test is around £75-100 (€88.50-€118).

Out of 40,329 health care workers in New York researchers found about 4,000 of the group tested negative on a PCR test and about 3,500 were seronegative (had no COVID-19 antibodies).

The government has conducted 75,343 tests using PCR method since testing began in the country in January. “We have limited resources for conducting PCR tests.

Shortfall in PCR test supplies looms as serious problem in Japan THE ASAHI SHIMBUN February 21, 2021 at 16:05 JST ...