Calls to use rapid COVID testing across Australia

  • 3 years ago
There are calls with the construction industry for government to consider using rapid antigen tests to help workers currently locked down get back to work. Compared with PCR tests, which we currently use, rapid antigen tests take a fraction of the time to get results, at a fraction of the cost. But there are concerns over how accurate they are, yielding a higher rate of both false positives and false negatives.