How accurate is your RAT? 3 scenarios show it's about more than looking for lines
- Written by: Ashwin Swaminathan, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
ShutterstockAs Omicron surges through the community, getting the right answer from a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) is not as straightforward as reading one or two lines off the kit.
RATs are a convenient diagnostic tool to detect COVID virus fragments in nasal secretions or saliva. They are designed to be self-administered and give an answer in minutes....
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