One expert found that if everyone in the country was tested, 400,000 people would get a false positive and be wrongly advised to self-isolate. (Image: PA)Outgoing aide to the PM, Dominic Cummings, was said to be behind the Moonshot strategy of testing people without symptoms. Prof Allyson Pollock, public health expert at Newcastle University, said: “It’s really important to understand that none of these tests are tests of infectiousness. “There is no data out there to show this.”He added that mass testing of the whole country before Christmas would not be a good idea. They say mass screening of the asymptomatic population is not endorsed by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) or the World Health Organisation.

Source: Daily Mirror November 16, 2020 13:16 UTC