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 Ranica. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Gian Battista Camozzi, 4, 24020 Ranica BG, Italia
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Via Guglielmo Marconi, 39N, 24020 Ranica BG, Italia
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Via Gabriele Camozzi, 4, 24020 Ranica BG, Italia
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 38N, 24020 Ranica BG, Italia
Via Europa, 67, 24022 Alzano Lombardo BG, Italia
0.5 km
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Via Martino Zanchi, 63, 24022 Alzano Lombardo BG, Italia
0.5 km
Via Europa, 67, 24022 Alzano Lombardo BG, Italia
0.5 km
Via Giovanni Reich, 11, 24020 Torre Boldone BG, Italia
0.8 km
Piazza Italia, 19, 24022 Alzano Lombardo BG, Italia
0.5 km
Via Antonio Locatelli, 55, 24020 Villa di Serio BG, Italia
1.1 km
Via Provinciale, 48, 24022 Alzano Lombardo BG, Italia
0.5 km
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Via Trieste, 5, 24020 Scanzorosciate BG, Italia
1.5 km
Via Antonio Alessandri, 7, 24123 Bergamo BG, Italia
3.2 km
Via Borgo Santa Caterina, 83B, 24124 Bergamo BG, Italia
3.2 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.