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How likely is a false positive from a Covid test?

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

Positive thinking

The government wants us to test ourselves for Covid-19 twice a week, using lateral flow kits which will be freely distributed. What is the risk of being ordered to self-isolate as a result of a false negative?

— While the NHS claims that these tests produce false positives in 0.1%

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