Jason Leitch suggested that antigen tests were not fully reliable as they could give positive results to people who were not infectiousTests used to detect Covid-19 are “a bit rubbish”, Scotland’s national clinical director has admitted. Jason Leitch suggested that antigen tests were not fully reliable as they could give positive results to people who were not infectious. His comments have been described as “astonishing” by an expert at Oxford University given the “results are used to direct national policy”. Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs yesterday that governments across the UK were looking “to develop new approaches in the future, as soon as the technology and our ability to implement that is where we need it to be” with regards to testing. At an online Q&A session with the Federation of Small Businesses Scotland Mr Leitch was asked if firms may be able to rapidly test workers

Source: The Times September 10, 2020 23:26 UTC