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COvid 19 testing
My wife is preagnant with 10 weeks, she had fever of 100.5 at time of taking RAT kit for covid 19 and she got positive, today is 3rd day she has given rtpcr at ir approved government hospital, and the result is negative. So is it covid or not.
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Hi. I understand your concern s. It can still be covid. Get covid RTPCR done. Do a online consult for a detailed analysis of your symptoms and to suggest you further management plan and treatment prescription
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Rapid antigen testing gives only 40% accurate results, go for an RT PCR test for confirmation. Even that's accuracy is not 100% but better than rapid
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