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Cold, mild fever

2020-10-12 17:08:36
I am suffering from cold particularly running nose & mild fever. There are no other symptoms like cough, body ache etc. Should I still go for COVID tests? If yes, which one I.e Antibody or RT PCR.
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Rt pcr if you r in endemic area

Answered2020-10-13 00:34:05

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