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Hong Kong Use Chinese Test Kits which had High False-Positive Results in Sweden

The Hong Kong government will launch a universal testing programme on COVID-19 for no more than 2 weeks from September 1. However, BGI Genomics, one of the responsible agencies, was accused by the Swedish Public Health Agency that they received false-positive results on using BGI’s test kits. BGI Genomics stated that the test kits had undergone testing by authoritative organisations, and are one of the most sensitive reagents in the world, the sensitivity differs in countries.

The Swedish Public Health Agency had recorded 3,700 false-positive results from using BGI’s reagents and requested BGI Genomics to adjust the reagents to meet applicable standards. BGI Genomics responded, due to different sensitivity standards in different countries and regions, some asymptomatic carriers were determined as “healthy” in clinical manifestations. Therefore, high-sensitivity reagents would generate a positive test result, which would be regarded as “false positive”. BGI Genomics added that if the infected person participated in daily work or social activities as a “healthy” person, it would be harmful to the prevention and control of the epidemic.

#UniversalTesting #SwedishPublicHealthAgency #FalsePositive #BGIGenomics #COVID19

Source: Stand News #Aug26

https://bit.ly/2ETQJYq
#WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #MassTesting
Medical Practitioner: False Positive COVID-19 Cases by China-funded Lab are Medical Malpractice

A testing laboratory designated by Hong Kong government produced a series of false positive COVID-19 test results.

The lab involved is KingMed Diagnostics, a China-funded company which was designated by the authorities to undertake testing by the government’s mass screening project. The false positive cases involved four professional drivers.

Dr. David S.C. Hui, an expert adviser to the government and a professor of respiratory systems at the Chinese University medical school, suspected that these were the result of sample contamination at the lab.

The four drivers tested negative after being hospitalized, and no COVID-19 antibodies were detected in their bodies.

A registered medical lab technologist said that the incident constitutes medical malpractice. He pointed out that re-testing a sample would take only 1–2 days, yet the government had not made any announcement about the false positive, and only stated that they tested negative and were released. He questioned whether the government is trying to cover up this malpractice by the Chinese-funded testing lab.

Source: Apple Daily #Nov20
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201120/42BXNGN7HJCIDJMRBVE5VYYJOU/

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