DUD PARTS Coronavirus testing delayed after kits found to be contaminated by Covid-19

the-sun.com ^ | March 31, 2020 | Gemma Mullin

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CORONAVIRUS testing in the UK has been delayed after kits were found to be contaminated with Covid-19, it's reported.

Key components ordered from overseas for the tests were found to contain traces of the virus earlier this week.

It comes as Britain attempts to ramp up mass testing after capacity appeared to lag behind other major nations, including the US and Germany.

To meet demand and boost production, the government has enlisted private companies to help - with plans for thousands of kits to be made available within the coming weeks.

But in a blow to production one of those suppliers sent an email on Monday to government laboratories in the UK warning that a delivery of "probes and primers" would be delayed because it was contaminated, the Telegraph reported.

Eurofins, which is based in Luxembourg, admitted there had been "an issue" but said other private providers had suffered the same problem.

It's unclear how the components were contaminated and senior health sources told the newspaper that the delay wouldn't significantly impact the UK's testing programme.

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I wonder if “they” are flat out attributing the regular flu to the Coronavirus?

[DannyTN]

"I wonder if “they” are flat out attributing the regular flu to the Coronavirus?"

I don't think so. I did hear of a couple of cases that tested positive for both. I would expect CV would be the primary diagnosis for cause of death in such a case.

It is reasonable that the social distancing dropped the flu numbers dramatically. And CV is believed to have a R0 factor at least twice that of Flu.

So I would expect to see Flu drop even as we're seeing CV continue to rise. Hopefully both start dropping in the near future. However CV has a long resolution time. So even when the new daily cases start dropping, the active cases will continue to rise.