COVID-19 Lab Mistakenly Tells Hundreds of People They Tested Negative in Australia: Officials

A general view at the Coolangatta border check point in Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia on Nov. 15, 2021. Matt Roberts/Getty Images

A COVID-19 testing lab in Australia apologized after it mistakenly informed over 400 patients that they tested negative for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus when they were positive.

St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney on Sunday confirmed that a notification of a false positive COVID-19 result was sent via its service, SydPath, to patients who took the test on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24.