An Australian hospital makes a "fatal mistake" with hundreds of "Corona" tests

Media reports in Australia said today that a hospital made what was described in the media as a “fatal mistake” by issuing hundreds of wrong results for tests for infection with the Corona virus.

Tests were conducted at St Vincent Hospital in Sydney, on December 22 and 23, on about 400 people, who were later informed that their results were negative, when in fact they were positive, according to “Business Insider” and “Sky News.”

And the hospital announced in a statement that the Department of Pathology, "Mr. Bath", issued incorrect results, due to what it believed to be a "human error," indicating that an investigation had been opened into this matter.

The statement stressed that all the injured were contacted as soon as the problem was discovered.

The medical unit's medical director, Anthony Dodds, said that "Mr Bath" was working on "a very large number of tests" on December 22 and 23.

And Australia announced a significant increase in infections with the Corona virus, which prompted the state of New South Wales, the most affected by the virus, to re-impose the wearing of masks in closed places.

 Australia confirmed the registration of the first death with "Omicron", the new mutated from the Corona virus, amid a significant increase in the number of people infected with the epidemic in the country.

However, the authorities in Australia have refrained from imposing additional restrictions, saying that the rate of those transferred to hospitals due to the epidemic is still low, according to what was reported by "Reuters".

Authorities said the death was a man in his 80s with medical problems.

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