Covid-19Covid testing failures outlined in new reportA damning new report has found a number of failures in the Ministry of Health's testing plans, Sam Sachdeva reportsA backlog in Covid-19 PCR testing which led to the country’s systems falling over should have been predicted and prevented by health officials, an independent review has concluded. “The backlog in PCR testing that emerged in February 2022 should have been and was to some degree predictable. The ministry’s testing modelling did forecast single test capacity being exceeded and modelled scenarios that forecast PCR testing capacity with pooling, would also be exceeded,” the report concludes. “For the dedicated and hardworking but always understrength frontline of dedicated medical laboratory scientists and technicians the testing capacity situation in February was always going to happen. Ministers had also failed to act, instead relying on assurances about testing capacity, and had rejected the advice of independent experts.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2022 02:11 UTC