Claim: The government has brought in legislation that allows DNA from Covid-19 tests to be "harvested" and retained.
Fact-check: There's no connection between new biometrics legislation and Covid-19 tests - Full Fact
Verdict: this is incorrect. this legislation allows the police to retain dna profiles obtained related to national security and has nothing to do with covid-19 testing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Rachael Krishna
Date published: 2020-09-17T00:00:00