UK health sec on 16,000 unreported virus cases

The British government faced questions on Monday over its coronavirus testing system after a technical glitch led to the under-reporting of new infections over the past week or so, a failing that could have given fresh impetus to the current outbreak and ultimately to an uptick in deaths.

Health Secretary Matt confirmed to lawmakers in a statement that the cases were not tabulated when they should have been. The latest problems to afflict the UK's test and trace programme emerged over the weekend when public health officials revealed that a total of 15,841 virus cases weren’t tabulated from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The government said the "technical issue" was discovered Friday night and had now been resolved.

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