Dear Zaia D,

I refer to your correspondence below of 26 August 2021, to the Department of Health (department).

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Chris

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-----Original Message-----
From: Zaia D <[FOI #7732 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 26 August 2021 11:38 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Accuracy of PCRTesting

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Dear Department of Health,

Could you please explain how accurate is the PCR testing?
and how many Cycle Thresholds are being use to determine the accuracy of it.

Yours faithfully,

Zaia D

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