Antigen Test - what is it and how the test is done
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Find out where to get a Rapid Covid Test (Lateral Flow Test) in Giove. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Corso Giuseppe Mazzini, 32, 05024 Giove TR, Italia
Via della Rocca, 16/1, 01028 Orte VT, Italia
4.6 km
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 5, 05020 Lugnano in Teverina TR, Italia
4.5 km
Via della Repubblica, 11, 05022 Amelia TR, Italia
5.6 km
Via Rimembranze, 47, 05022 Amelia TR, Italia
5.6 km
Via Salvo D'Acquisto, 23, 05020 Alviano TR, Italia
5.6 km
Piazza della Repubblica, 49, 01030 Vasanello VT, Italia
6.4 km
Viale Ernesto Monaci, 96, 01038 Soriano nel Cimino VT, Italia
7.8 km
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 22, 01038 Soriano nel Cimino VT, Italia
7.8 km
Via Aldo Moro, 9, 05025 Guardea TR, Italia
8 km
Viale Alessandro Manzoni, 30, 01030 Vitorchiano VT, Italia
8.1 km
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Usually antigen tests/lateral flow tests do not require the prescription of a doctor in Italy. However, it is good to inform your doctor about the values of the results in order to enable it to assess whether or not there is the need to prescribe a possible molecular tests.
This test is less accurate than the gold standard PCR test; however, the test accuracy has shown to be higher when used by trained laboratory staff.
The PCR test may take too much time for the results to be conclusive. A lateral antibody test is less costly, faster and more sensitive to identifying the covid19 virus. It has been important for hospital workers, frontline workers, and caregivers in times of covid19.