No test is perfectly reliable, especially against the Covid-19. On the Old Continent, the situation is dire. And that, even if all the tests obtain a “CE marking”, the European label. "In Europe, it is a declarative operation, a self-certification, as in the case of the Boeing 737 Max" , deplores François Cornu, president of Eurofins Biomnis, first French laboratory of specialized biology. And to add: "In other words, it is the manufacturer who indicates the level of performance of his test, without it being verified!"
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This lack of verification is very worrying, especially for serological tests, which allow a large population to be diagnosed quickly, by simple blood test. In an emergency, Spain acquired a test from Bioeasy Biotechnology, an SME in Shenzhen (China), which had obtained an approval. Despite a performance check by the Spanish reference laboratory, the Chinese test actually only detected 30% of people
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