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Utah pauses rapid tests after higher-than-expected false negatives

By Misty Severi
Published February 7, 2022 9:05pm ET
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Utah pauses rapid tests after higher-than-expected false negatives
Utah will halt all rapid COVID-19 tests offered to residents after a study found high reports of false negatives, state health officials announced Sunday. The decision, which went into effect Monday, hinged on research that showed 18,000 residents who received both GenBody COVID-19 rapid antigen body tests and PCR tests on the same day tested […]

Utah will halt all rapid COVID-19 tests offered to residents after a study found high reports of false negatives, state health officials announced Sunday.

The decision, which went into effect Monday, hinged on research that showed 18,000 residents who received both GenBody COVID-19 rapid antigen body tests and PCR tests on the same day tested positive on PCR but tested negative on GenBody tests more than half the time.

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