Reuters

Fact Check: RT-PCR tests are highly accurate, Delta variant is determined through genomic sequencing

Social media users are falsely claiming that there is no accurate test to detect the COVID-19 virus and therefore no accurate test to detect the Delta variant. Examples can be seen here and here. Sign ...
Reuters

Fact Check: List of viruses circulating on social media do not cause positive COVID-19 RT-PCR tests

Viruses that cause measles and the common cold do not produce false-positive COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, contrary to posts circulating widely online. A ...
Yahoo

Fact check: COVID-19 PCR test created to detect infection, not vaccinate

While they've been the gold standard to identify positive coronavirus cases around the world for more than a year, PCR tests still aren't trusted by some social media users. An Oct. 4 Instagram post ...
Kuensel Online

Travellers have to check RT-PCR test requirements in destination countries

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Tension at Polem check post over Covid screening

MARGAO: Tension prevailed at Polem check post in Canacona on Tuesday as hordes of tourist vehicles entering Goa from neighbouring Karnataka refused to stop ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

RT-PCR Most Sensitive Pediatric Diagnostic Test for RSV

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was detected easiest when using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests in a pediatric population. Reverse transcription polymerase chain ...
News Medical

Comparing lateral flow testing with RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2

During the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), rapid testing was imperative for public health policymakers and health care workers in order to determine where and what measures ...