Health Canada approved COVID-19 test kits from a supplier despite critical warnings. The supplier deleted specimens from a study, inflating the test's detection rate. The same test had a lower detection rate reported to authorities in Peru.
Health Canada ignored critical warnings about a rapid-test supplier before approving its COVID-19 kits for distribution nationwide. The supplier, BTNX , deleted specimens from a study it submitted to Health Canada, increasing the estimate of the test's ability to detect the virus.
BTNX had previously reported a lower detection rate to authorities in Peru.
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