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<p>UK Anti-Doping defines a test as any attempt to test a single athlete in a single
Sample Collection Session. During the periods:</p><ol><li><p>January to March 2019,
it conducted 3,803 tests</p></li><li><p>April to June 2019, it conducted 2,212 tests</p></li><li><p>July
to September 2019, it conducted 2,943 tests</p></li><li><p>October to December 2019,
it conducted 2,789 tests</p></li><li><p>January to March 2020, it conducted 2,512
tests</p></li><li><p>April to June 2020, it conducted 126 tests. The drop in testing
during this period was due to UK Anti-Doping’s decision in March 2020 to significantly
reduce its testing programme due to Covid-19.</p></li><li><p>July to September 2020.
The testing statistics for this period have not yet been released.</p></li></ol><p><br>All
testing in the first quarter of 2020-2021 (April-June 2020) conducted in the UK was
done in England. However, this does not mean that athletes from Scotland, Northern
Ireland and Wales were not tested during this time. UK Anti-Doping publishes its testing
figures on a quarterly basis and combines the figures for blood and urine samples.
This ensures transparency of its testing activity, while protecting the confidential
methodology which goes into planning a testing programme.</p>
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