UK orders recall of 741,000 coronavirus testing kits over safety concerns

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UK orders recall of 741,000 coronavirus testing kits over safety concerns
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Randox Laboratories, a Northern Ireland-based medical technology company, has been instructed by Britain's medicines regulator to recall up to 741,000 coronavirus test kits from the national test and trace program as a precautionary measure.

FILE PHOTO: A staff member hands a testing kit to a person at a coronavirus test site in Poole, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , Poole, Britain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

The government had on July 15 instructed the program, run by the National Health Service , to stop using the kits, citing concerns that they may not meet required safety standards. The ministry said the decision had been taken as a ``precautionary’’ measure. The risk to safety was low and test results from Randox kits were not affected, it said.

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