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How reliable are rapid antigen tests against Omicron?
Description
April 18, 2022
According to one Queen's University professor, RATs fall short when it comes to detecting the Omicron COVID-19 variant. With past COVID-19 variants, tests were about 80 per cent accurate. That's dropped to nearly 45 per cent with Omicron. Jessica Nyznik reports.
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How reliable are rapid antigen tests against Omicron?01:47 | April 18, 2022 -
Trans Canada Trail launches ‘Blahs-2-Ahhs’ to help Canadians beat ‘Blue Monday’05:32 | January 19, 2026 -
Health Matters: Ontario lab begins using mail-in semen analysis kits02:20 | January 15, 2026 -
Respiratory illnesses remain high in Peterborough area: Lakelands Public Health02:26 | January 6, 2026 -
Flu, COVID-19 cases climb in Peterborough area as ICU visits to hospital increase02:05 | December 18, 2025 -
Stressed out for the holidays? You’re not alone02:08 | December 16, 2025 -
Peterborough Regional Health Centre marks opening of donor-funded, upgraded interventional radiology suites01:20 | December 9, 2025 -
Union concerned about contraband, overdoses in Ontario jails00:46 | December 8, 2025 -
Peterborough marks World AIDS Day02:26 | December 5, 2025 -
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Survivors, advocates call on Ontario to allow restorative justice in sexual violence cases02:15 | November 27, 2025 -
Ontario sees thousands of measles cases as Canada loses elimination status04:10 | November 11, 2025 -
Lakelands Public Health online tool to track respiratory illness cases in Peterborough area02:26 | October 31, 2025 -
Legault upset after Ford extends invitation to Quebec doctors02:08 | October 29, 2025
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Ford tells Quebec doctors to call him as some look to leave over compensation dispute01:33 | October 29, 2025 -
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New community health outreach vehicle to increase access to primary care in Peterborough area01:36 | October 15, 2025 -
Peterborough Community Health Centre officially open its doors01:25 | October 8, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario hospitals ask for an additional $1.1B in funding02:19 | October 8, 2025 -
London Health Sciences Centre clinical trial targets kidney cancer with internal radiation01:30 | October 5, 2025 -
Emergency room closures drop in Ontario as critics urge government to make data public04:10 | October 4, 2025 -
Five Counties Children’s Centre in Peterborough celebrates 50th anniversary01:04 | September 30, 2025 -
Ontario funds additional mobile crisis response teams for Peterborough area01:46 | September 26, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario starting COVID-19 vaccinations02:46 | September 22, 2025 -
Ground broken in Peterborough for new 224-bed long-term care home at Trent University Symons campus01:56 | September 10, 2025 -
Second-annual Peterborough Mayoral Invitational Charity Golf Tournament supports PRHC01:25 | September 9, 2025 -
Boil water advisory lifted in Millbrook02:35 | September 9, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario to offer RSV vaccines to all seniors over 75 starting this fall02:11 | August 28, 2025 -
Ontario food manufacturer’s cooling tower likely source of deadly legionnaires’ outbreak02:02 | August 27, 2025 -
Community fridge in Peterborough helps tackle food insecurity02:20 | August 19, 2025 -
Report recommends fewer patients per nurse to help Ontario healthcare02:29 | August 18, 2025
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How reliable are rapid antigen tests against Omicron?01:47 | April 18, 2022
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Trans Canada Trail launches ‘Blahs-2-Ahhs’ to help Canadians beat ‘Blue Monday’05:32 | January 19, 2026
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Health Matters: Ontario lab begins using mail-in semen analysis kits02:20 | January 15, 2026
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Respiratory illnesses remain high in Peterborough area: Lakelands Public Health02:26 | January 6, 2026
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Flu, COVID-19 cases climb in Peterborough area as ICU visits to hospital increase02:05 | December 18, 2025
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre marks opening of donor-funded, upgraded interventional radiology suites01:20 | December 9, 2025
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Ontario sees thousands of measles cases as Canada loses elimination status04:10 | November 11, 2025
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Lakelands Public Health online tool to track respiratory illness cases in Peterborough area02:26 | October 31, 2025
-
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Ontario food manufacturer’s cooling tower likely source of deadly legionnaires’ outbreak02:02 | August 27, 2025
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Report recommends fewer patients per nurse to help Ontario healthcare02:29 | August 18, 2025
How reliable are rapid antigen tests against Omicron?
Description
April 18, 2022
According to one Queen's University professor, RATs fall short when it comes to detecting the Omicron COVID-19 variant. With past COVID-19 variants, tests were about 80 per cent accurate. That's dropped to nearly 45 per cent with Omicron. Jessica Nyznik reports.
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