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Singapore lowers testing capacity after 'false positive case'; herd immunity 'too big a price to pay'

Amala Balakrishner
Amala Balakrishner • 6 min read
Singapore lowers testing capacity after 'false positive case'; herd immunity 'too big a price to pay'
Singapore has been lowering its Covid-19 testing capacity in the past few days due to an issue at a laboratory which resulted in 33 “false positive cases” on May 10.
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SINGAPORE (May 12): Singapore has been lowering its Covid-19 testing capacity in the past few days following an issue at a laboratory which resulted in 33 “false positive cases” on May 10.

This resulted from an “apparatus calibration issue” with one of the lab’s test kits, the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) director of medical services Associate Professor Kenneth Mak said at a press conference on Tuesday.

He added that the lab is now being given time to recalibrate and revalidate its test kits while working through its quality assurance processes.

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