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2021-07-13 15:10:23
If a person had fever (with some chills) due to injury/accident. Does it results in positive on testing for Covid. Which is effective to trust RTPCR or Anti gen test(though it is less effective)? Whether RTPCR is highly effective in determining covid upto what percentage?
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RTPCR is most sensitive test among all tests for COVID-19 Diagnosis. But RT PCR can also give false negative reports

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