More than 200 Australians, who were quarantined in special isolation wards, are urging to be tested for blood-borne diseases – including HIV. Writes about this CNN.
The authorities admitted that they had previously used the same blood sugar tests on different people. Victoria's Safer Care health agency notes that there is little risk of infection for hundreds of Australians. However, experts still contacted 243 patients: they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B and C. The authorities are also organizing access for potential victims to confidential testing for these diseases.
On October 5, experts from explained the decrease in the number of coronavirus cases in England with an Excel error. Public Health England (PHE) stores data on infected people in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. However, the failure that occurred in the program on October 3-4 could lead to the loss of information about laboratory studies. Because of this, in England, about 16 thousand cases of infection could not be taken into account.
