Covid: Lateral flow tests more accurate than first thought, study finds

Covid: Lateral flow tests more accurate than first thought, study finds Lateral flow tests (LFTs) are very good at detecting people most likely to spread Covid-19 and positive results should be trusted, say University College London researchers.

When LFTs were introduced, they were criticised for being less accurate than PCR tests, which are analysed in a lab. BBC News

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• Recalibrating SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Lateral Flow Test Relative Sensitivity from Validation Studies to Absolute Sensitivity for Indicating Individuals Shedding Transmissible Virus (open access) Dove Press
• Covid: Scientists targeted with abuse during pandemic BBC News
• NHS Covid pass app suffers outage BBC News
• Covid: New WHO group may be last chance to find virus origins BBC News
• Countries should use pooled testing at start of future pandemics, experts say The Daily Mail
• Britain's daily Covid cases hit a three-month high The Daily Mail
• Tory minister says sorry for mistakes in Covid pandemic handling The Guardian