RATs not good enough for diagnosing 'high-risk' patients: pathologists

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RATs not good enough for diagnosing 'high-risk' patients: pathologists

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Panbio COVID-19 rapid antigen test - Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
Ideally, all symptomatic patients, even in a surge situation, would be investigated by a nasopharyngeal PCR however the capacity for PCR testing has been overwhelmed, says the pathologists college. [Image by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash]
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