16/04/2022
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"The advantage of the rapid antigen test (RAT) is that it's really convenient and you get the results really quickly, but its disadvantage is it's got a much higher false negative rate," Dr Moy said.
"That means you may get a test result, which comes back negative … but, in fact, you actually have COVID."
Rapid antigen tests are more likely to return false negatives than PCR tests, but experts say they are useful for identifying when a person is at their most infectious. So how can they be used in Australia?