Another update. 5th Swab taken last Wednesday and nothing to report except that the swabs are still too long to fit the tubes even when snapped off and for the last 2 weeks they have been flexible and do not snap off, so have to be cut by the user. To me this is typical of the disorganisation I have viewed so far. I now revert to monthly swabs plus a blood test.
As I have said before on swab No 3 I tested positive for Corvid-19, but had no symptoms whatsoever, so contacted the ONS who passed my query onto the firm doing the actual testing. After waiting 2 weeks I finally got a telephone call yesterday, but little satisfaction. The upshot is that they have had a number of false negatives, but the test is supposed to not throw up false positives. Obviously they do not want to admit administrative mistakes can be made. Apparently they are unable to carry out a second test on the positive swab, but my last test was negative. The lady I spoke to was pleasant and tried to be helpful, but could say no more. My blood will be tested for antibodies but by a different lab and I will not be told if I do have antibodies, so that is all a waste of time. I will continue to assume that I was never positive and act accordingly.
Mike.X