Written question asked by Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) on Monday, 19 October 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 October 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 22 October 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 November 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Coronavirus: Screening
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date all people whose covid-19 tests had been misplaced as a result of the excel technical issue identified on 2 October 2020 had been contacted.
- Answer
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While there was a delay in reporting these positive test results in the public data, and in transferring them to the contact tracing system, anybody testing positive received their results in the normal way, and in the normal timeframe. All outstanding cases were immediately transferred to the contact tracing system by 1am on 3 October.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 105492
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Software Screening Coronavirus
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- 2020-11-17 13:25:04 +0000
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