Mistakes at UK coronavirus testing lab may have led to 20 deaths

COVID testing lab in England mistakenly marked tens of thousands of positive tests as negative

England's government agency responsible for responding to public health emergencies said mistakes at a testing laboratory resulted in tens of thousands of positive COVID-19 cases reported as negative may have led to the deaths of 20 people.

英国负责应对突发公共卫生事件的政府机构表示，一家检测实验室的错误导致数万例新冠阳性病例报告为阴性，可能导致20人死亡。

Britain has one of the highest coronavirus death tolls in the world, with more than 177,000 deaths since the pandemic started in 2020.

自2020年大流行开始以来，英国是世界上新冠病毒死亡人数最高的国家之一，死亡人数超过17.7万。

An investigation by the UK's Health Security Agency found the Immensa laboratory in central England, was found to have misreported around 39,000 tests as negative when they should have been positive between Sept. 2 and Oct. 12 last year.

英国卫生安全局的一项调查发现，在去年9月2日至10月12日期间，英格兰中部的庞殷萨实验室误报了约3.9万份检测结果为阴性，而这些检测结果本应呈阳性。

"Through this investigation we have looked carefully at the arrangements in place for overseeing contracts of private labs providing surge testing during this time," said Richard Gleave, UKHSA director and lead investigator.

UKHSA主管兼首席调查员Richard Gleave表示:“通过此次调查，我们仔细审查了在此期间为激增的核酸检测需求提供服务的私立实验室的监管合同的各项落实情况。”

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) ：英国健康安全研究所

"It is our view that there was no single action that NHS Test and Trace could have taken differently to prevent this error arising in the private laboratory. However, our report sets out clear recommendations to both reduce the risk of incidents like this happening again."

“我们的观点是，NHS检测和追踪系统没有采取任何单独的行动来防止私人实验室出现这种错误。然而，我们的报告提出了明确的建议，以减少此类事件再次发生的风险。”

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