In Gunma Prefecture, a private testing company that conducted PCR testing for the new coronavirus at the request of local governments and medical institutions in the prefecture mistakenly determined that samples for about 200 people who were actually negative were positive. I announced that I found out.
Some were hospitalized based on incorrect results.
The PCR test was misjudged at the "SRL Kita Kanto Test Center" in Maebashi City, which was requested by local governments and medical institutions in the prefecture between the 2nd and 4th of this month, according to Gunma Prefecture. So, it means that the samples of about 200 people who were actually negative were mistakenly judged as positive.
On the 5th of this month, a medical institution in the prefecture pointed out that the positive rate was high, and when the company confirmed it, it turned out that some people were hospitalized based on incorrect results depending on the prefecture.
Gunma Prefecture has announced that about 60 of these people will be included in the number of infected people, and will revise it as soon as it is confirmed.
On the other hand, according to the company, in addition to this, the company misjudged that the samples for about 150 people were mistakenly judged as positive in the test requested by the medical institution in the northern part of Saitama prefecture at the same time. We will stop the inspection at the facility and investigate the cause.
The "SR North Kanto Inspection Center" said that there is a low risk of misjudgment for inspections received before the 1st of this month, and said, "We will investigate the cause and formulate recurrence prevention measures. We apologize for the inconvenience. "