Tested Positive On Lateral Flow. Booked a pcr let my family know and of course the school. PCR is useful for confirming a suspected case of.
Add message Report. In those who did not have Covid-19 the lateral flow tests correctly gave a negative result to 995 of people with symptoms and to 989 of people without symptoms. Received a text message stating lateral flow test positive.
Received a text message stating lateral flow test positive.
Booked a pcr let my family know and of course the school. If youve been in close contact with someone whos tested positive for COVID-19 and youre not fully vaccinated you should get a PCR test. However in the last few weeks there seems to have been an issue with a higher than expected proportion of people testing positive on lateral flow but negative on PCR which is being investigated by the public health authority. However if your clinical opinion is that covid-19 is likely then a positive test is likely to be reliable.
