What Are The Different Types Of Testing For Covid-19?
As the COVID-19 cases are on surge across the countries, it has become crucial to expedite testing to avoid risk. Large-scale testing could accurately tell us who needs to be isolated in quarantine. Plenty of people who have been infected with the COVID-19 that are either mild symptoms (cough, fever, fatigue) or no symptoms at all. The number of those with mild or zero symptoms is about 80% of all affected by Coronavirus! Without proper testing, It is impossible to tell how many are infected with the Coronavirus but showing no symptoms. Consequently, testing becomes important. Here are the different types of testing done for COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing Rapid antigen test is a diagnostic point-of-care nasopharyngeal swab test that shows the presence or absence of COVID antigen in the body. It takes 30 min to test. The test is designed to detect a specific protein in the virus that stimulates the immune response in the body. PCR Swab Test PCR swab tests are used to immediately scre