60-65 per cent Covid-19 antigen test false negative: BMC lab

Aaj Tak 2020-07-23

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Findings from two civic laboratories reveal that antigen tests may not be as effective, as more than half of the symptomatic patient who tested negative for Covid-19 in an antigen test later came positive with the RT-PCR test. The high rate of false negatives associated with rapid antigen testing in Mumbai raise questions about its effectiveness.

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