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Mistakes at UK Covid-19 testing lab may have led to deaths of 20 people

England's government agency responsible for responding to public health emergencies said mistakes at a testing laboratory resulted in tens of thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative may have led to the deaths of 20 people.

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of health, say they have followed independent pay review body recommendations. in scotland, talks are under way over a higher offer and one union has recommended acceptance. and one union has recommended acceptance-— and one union has recommended accetance. , ., ,, , ., staff mistakes in a private laboratory may have caused 23 extra deaths from covid—19. the uk health security agency made the claim in a report into errors at the immensa lab in wolverhampton. it says as many as 39,000 positive results were wrongly reported as negative in september and october 2021. the mistakes led to "increased numbers of admissions and deaths", the report concluded. thousands of people, many in the southwest, were wrongly told to stop testing after their results were processed by immensa. a man has been arrested in gloucestershire with in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned trying to cross the english channel in a dinghy in november last year. the 32—year—old is infused in involvement with an

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police it. so by removing this clause they think it will give this bill a fair clause they think it will give this billa fairwind and clause they think it will give this bill a fair wind and has a chance of passing through parliament pretty soon. �* ~ ., ~' passing through parliament pretty soon. �* ~ ., ~ , soon. ben wright, thank you very much. speaking earlier, the chief executive of the essay, jenny harris, explained how they identified the errors in the immensa covid—19 test results. i'v e i've looked at the incident and try to imagine if i was a member of this community i would want to know what my true test result was. what we have been trying to do for several months now is get a reanalysis of tests. but having failed to achieve that, we are still trying. we have tried to do is take the right

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got these e—mails. it was another week before the uk health security agency announced that tens of thousands may have received these false negative results from the lab in wolverhampton. it dealt mainly with people from the west and the south—west. and that led to this detailed investigation into the errors that took place between the 7th of september and the 12th of october last year. it concluded that immensa had set the threshold levels for tests incorrectly. so too many came back negative. in total, 39,000 pcr tests got the wrong result and it is estimated that led to 55,000 additional infections, 684 people needing to be sent to hospital and it is thought these 23 deaths from covid. at the time when the nhs was incredibly in demand, another 624 patients using those services, i am sure that would have had a knock—on

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are seeing a little bit higher up the pecking order. we bring a lot of people into the country for visiting it for tourism. and hopefully, there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel for the longer—term. phil. tunnel for the longer-term. phil, aood luck tunnel for the longer-term. phil, good luck to _ tunnel for the longer-term. phil, good luck to you _ tunnel for the longer-term. phil, good luck to you and _ tunnel for the longer-term. phil, good luck to you and all- tunnel for the longer-term. phil, good luck to you and all the - tunnel for the longer—term. phil, good luck to you and all the staff there. executive of the race course. thank you for that. court papers show the uk health security agency first heard about discrepancies in covid pcr test results at a laboratory one month before stopping nhs tests from being processed there. thousands of people in south west england — whose tests were processed by the the immensa lab in wolverhampton — were wrongly told they didn't have coronavirus, and are likely to have then spread it to others. our health correspondent, matthew hill, reports. her grandmother died after contracting covid—19 at this care home in gloucestershire. other residents got it for members of staff while given the all clear in

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travellers. but it is now under investigation _ travellers. but it is now under investigation by _ travellers. but it is now under investigation by the _ travellers. but it is now under. investigation by the competition travellers. but it is now under- investigation by the competition and markets authority over concerns it has been treating customers unfairly, one of a number of covid testing terms facing similar investigations. dante labs says it is cooperating fully with bcma enquiry, but recognises a small number of customers face challenges. immensa health clinics as it is fully collaborating with health officials and added it has already analysed more than 2.5 million samples the nhs test and trace. but there will be questions over whether millions of taxpayers money has been wisely spent. new zealand is holding a national day of action to encourage all remaining unvaccinated citizens to get a coronavirus jab. the �*vaxathon' is being streamed live on television, while pop—up clinics have opened up across the country, including in the cabin of a dreamliner plane. we will speak to our correspondence shortly to find out how that is

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the knowledge they may have inserted via the -- infected others.— via the -- infected others. really cross with _ via the -- infected others. really cross with the _ via the -- infected others. really cross with the system, _ via the -- infected others. really cross with the system, and - via the -- infected others. really cross with the system, and also, | via the -- infected others. really| cross with the system, and also, i wanted to do the right thing. i wanted to do the right thing. i wanted not to go out into society and spread something, you know, make people poorly. but i was being told thatis people poorly. but i was being told that is what i should do. but also, over the course of the last week, i have had five pcr tests. the expense of the waste of money, as well, that doesn't sit easily with me either. some campaigners say that this episode has exposed a lack of regulation of testing providers. they are outside of the help system and outside of any quality control by health officials. we see this a lot with companies who don't really know what it is that they are doing, but want some form of revenue while they are working it out, and that is what this company started as an during the pandemic, because they could do testing, they started doing covid testing as well and they scaled up very rapidly. immensa is a subsidiary of dante labs, which was also offering pcr tests of foreign travellers. but also offering pcr tests of foreign travellers. �* , .,

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you know, make people poorly. but i was being told that's what i should do. but also, over the course of the last week, i've had five pcr tests. the expense and the waste of money, as well, that doesn't sit easily with me either. some campaigners say that this episode has exposed a lack of regulation of testing providers. they're outside of the health system and outside of any quality control by health professionals. we've seen this a lot with companies who don't really know what it is they're existing to do, but need some form of revenue while they're working it out, and that's what this company started as, and during the pandemic, because they could do some testing, they started doing covid testing as well and they scaled up very rapidly. immensa is a subsidiary of dante labs, which was also offering pcr tests of foreign travellers. but it's now under investigation by the competition and markets authority over concerns it has been treating customers unfairly, one of a number of covid testing

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they started doing covid testing as well and they scaled up very rapidly. immensa is a subsidiary of dante labs, which was also offering pcr tests of foreign travellers. but it�s now under investigation by the competition and markets authority over concerns it has been treating customers unfairly, one of a number of covid testing firms facing similar investigations. dante labs says it�s cooperating fully with the cma inquiry, but recognises a small number of customers face challenges. immensa health clinic says it�s fully collaborating with health officials and added it has already analysed more than 2.5 million samples for nhs test and trace. but there will be questions over whether millions of taxpayers� money has been wisely spent. dominic hughes, bbc news. the british—iranian aid—worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has lost an appeal against her second jail sentence in iran. she was convicted in april of involvement in propaganda activity which she denies.

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the expense and the waste of money, as well, that doesn't sit easily with me either. some campaigners say that this episode has exposed a lack of regulation of testing providers. they're outside of the health system and outside of any quality control by health professionals. we've seen this a lot with companies who don't really know what it is they're existing to do, but need some form of revenue while they're working it out, and that's what this company started as, and during the pandemic, because they could do some testing, they started doing covid testing as well and they scaled up very rapidly. immensa is a subsidiary of dante labs, which was also offering pcr tests of foreign travellers. but it's now under investigation by the competition and markets authority over concerns it has been treating customers unfairly, one of a number of covid testing terms facing similar investigations. dante labs says it's cooperating fully with the cma inquiry, but recognises a small number of customers face challenges. immensa health clinic says it's fully collaborating with health officials and added it has already analysed more than 2.5 million samples for nhs test and trace.

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