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Hello doctor, good morning, I am having fever since3 days now yesturday I did covid test today the report will come, tomorrow my dad is going to gurgaon and because I have fever he want to do his covid test so he bought covid testing kit, I want to ask will the kit show accurate results or not?
And he also has cold and dry cough
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Can help you, kindly consult for proper diagnosis and further management
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It's Rapid Antigen Test which has less sensitivity when compared to RT PCR
Also Sample should be properly collected and mixed with diluent given in the kit
If Negative, it's better to confirm by RT PCR which is done free of cost by Govt of India
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If it's positive, that is true
If it comes as negative, you have to confirm it by RT PCR
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