Shanghai COVID-19 testing company under investigation for false positive results
Testing for COVID-19 in Shanghai – Photo: REUTERS
According to AFP news agency, this week many Shanghai residents wrote on the Weibo social network that they received false positive results from Zhongke Runda, which operates three testing centers in the city of 25 million people.
On May 11, Zhongke Runda’s parent company Shanghai Runda Medical Technology said the false-positive result had “raised doubts about the accuracy of Zhongke Runda’s test data” and that city officials were investigating. check.
Earlier, the Shanghai health authority announced it was opening an investigation with a “third-party testing organization” after online complaints increased.
A woman said her daughter received a positive test result at Runda’s center and was taken to an isolation facility with bad conditions.
In some cases, the entire building where the person who tested positive was in had to be quarantined.
Another resident who also received a false positive from Runda said she contracted the disease after spending four days in quarantine.
According to securities research firm Soochow Securities, there are at least 15 major cities across China that require people to be tested. COVID-19 every 2 to 7 days.
Some economists have estimated that regular mass testing could cost China 1.8 percent of GDP.
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