Rapid testing is detecting large numbers of people in Liverpool with Covid who have no symptoms, the city’s officials have said. People in Liverpool with symptoms are asked to take a PCR test and there have been 1,897 positive results since the pilot started on 6 November. Matt Ashton, Liverpool’s director of public health, said he was “really pleased” with the “very strong” progress so far. Several scientists and public health experts have criticised the scheme as flawed and unscientific. “As prevalence drops, this will become much worse.”In Liverpool anyone testing positive with a lateral flow test has been asked to confirm the result using a PCR test.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2020 14:58 UTC