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Up to one in five Covid-19 swab tests gives false negative result, admits HSE – Independent.ie
Health chiefs have admitted that as many as one in five deep throat swab tests for the Covid-19 virus may deliver false negatives.
Health chiefs have admitted that as many as one in five deep throat swab tests for the Covid-19 virus may deliver false negatives.The figure could be even higher in circumstances where the tests are not taken from swab sites sufficiently deep in the nasal cavity.The revelation came after doctors at several Irish hospitals became concerned when such swab tests either failed to confirm Covid-19 in patients displaying classic viral symptoms or registered different results from blood tests, or so-ca…
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