More than 1,300 people in UK wrongly told they have Covid due to Test and Trace error

It said there was an issue with a batch of testing chemicals which meant their results were void

More than 1,300 people were wrongly told they had Covid-19 due to Test and Trace error (Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

More than 1,300 people were wrongly told they had coronavirus due to a lab error with NHS Test and Trace.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said 1,311 people who took a test between November 19-23 across the UK were incorrectly told they received a positive result.