About 15% of tests performed by the Abbott ID Now rapid coronavirus testing machine return false negatives, according to the director of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Francis Collins told the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that although the system can provide results in just about 15 minutes, it isn’t as sensitive as other testing methods, according to CNN. He said that the machine has “about a 15% false negative rate.”
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