People testing negative and then positive on subsequent tests (FOI)

​Request

From and including April 2021 to the present day, how many people

A

Have tested negative on the first test and positive on the second?

B

Only tested positive on the third test

Response

A and B

There is a published breakdown of identification at day 0 vs day 5 vs day 8/10 for inbound travel on www.gov.je. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) data for Jersey

It is not possible to provide a breakdown of other PCR testing routes as this information is not held therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of the Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Articles applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.