Coronavirus Antigen Test

• Rapid antigen tests unreliable in asymptomatic COVID-19 cases: study

  "All antigen tests will miss some people with infection, so it is important to inform people who receive a negative test result that they may still be infected," an expert said.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2021
  
• Doug Ford calls on Health Canada to focus on reviewing rapid COVID-19 antigen tests

  'That should be their number one priority,' Doug Ford said at a rare weekend press conference.

  Health

  Sep 19, 2020
  
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• There are 3 types of coronavirus tests – here’s how they work

  There are three broad categories of coronavirus tests in the U.S. Two diagnose whether you have an active infection, and a third indicates if you previously had the virus.

  Health

  Sep 15, 2020
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• U.S. FDA approves emergency authorization for coronavirus antigen test with fast results

  The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs swiped inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement.

  World

  May 9, 2020