Covid-19: People are not being warned about pitfalls of mass testing

Analysis has found that only 32% of local authorities that are rolling out lateral flow testing were clear to patients about the test’s limitations or its potential for false negatives.

SPS commentary:

A Public Health England study found that the sensitivity of the commonly used Innova lateral flow test dropped to 57.5% when carried out by self-trained staff at a track and trace centre.

British Medical Journal