In a coronavirus update issued on Wednesday, the UK government not only lowered the "tests made available" figure but discontinued the metric altogether, adding further confusion to an already questionable testing system. It marks the latest in a long line of high profile and embarrassing gaffes throughout the country’s coronavirus response.
“An adjustment of -1,308,071 has been made to the historic data for the ‘tests made available’ metric," the report reads, highlighting instances of "double-counting" of test kits issued between May 14 and August 12.
The
problem was first acknowledged on July 6 but the incorrect data was
only removed on August 12 and comes in parallel to recent downward
revisions of Covid-19 death tolls recorded in England and Wales. Read More
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