Is the hon. Lady not concerned, as I am, that there is too much emphasis on PCR testing for tracking variants of concern? During a three-week period in July, there were 500,000 PCR tests, of which 7,000 were positive for covid. Only 5% of those 7,000 were tested for variants of concern, so this is not quite the silver bullet on variants of concern that she might hope it would be.
Public Health
Proceeding contribution from
Huw Merriman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 November 2021.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Public Health.
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