The mortality and morbidity associated with COVID-19 does not end with the acute pneumonia and respiratory failure and consequences extend well into the subsequent weeks to months in a minority. After recovery from severe disease, symptoms, lung function abnormalities and radiolo...
A total of 13 locally transmitted COVID-19 confirmed cases and nine asymptomatic carriers were reported as of 1 p.m. Thursday in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province after new infections emerged at an airport earlier this week. All of them are under quarantine and receiving treat...
Self-testing kits, many of which are antigen tests, are not failproof and it is possible for a test to give a negative result in some people who have COVID-19 infection. "The lab-based PCR tests are more sensitive. They're able to give us a broader window of infection because they ...
Credit: University of Bristol More information:Hannah V Thornton et al. Point-of-care testing for respiratory infections during and after COVID-19,British Journal of General Practice(2020).DOI: 10.3399/bjgp20X713561
It's not zero, it's not zero. And so where that clinical risk exists or where people are worried and anxious that they could have COVID, then repeat testing would be a worthwhile thing to do. Either to use our test or another rapid test, or if they're particularly anxious or in th...
(1st, R) addresses concerns of citizens at a residential area in Xiqing District in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbors Beijing, has decided to start a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people tested positive for COVID-19, ...
What Is Pooled Testing for COVID-19 and How Can It Help Fight the Virus? More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Overheated, a healthcare worker takes a break as people wait in their vehicles in long lines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Houston, Texas, ...
Hong Kong started mass COVID-19 testing called Universal Community Testing Program on Tuesday. Residents can get free testing after signing up. HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other government principal officials were among those tested on the program's first day on Tuesday....
Does a positive COVID-19 test after 10 days mean you're still contagious? As long as you continue to test positive on a rapid at-home test, you should still consider yourself potentially contagious. “If you are still positive late in your disease or even though you’re symptom-free, th...
DCPH COVID-19 TESTING SITES DCPH is not currently operating weekly COVID-19 testing clinics. Please utilize the COVID-19 testing site locator map below to find a COVID-19 testing site location near you. If you have any questions, please call the DCPH COVID-19 Hotline Monday-Friday 8...