The Ministry of Health is moving to expand the uses of the rapid antigen test, which is currently limited to specific places such as primary care clinics.
A source in the Ministry of Health explained toNews 24“Coordination is currently underway to complete the necessary procedures to monitor positive and negative cases resulting from conducting this examination outside health facilities, indicating that this examination has been used for several months in clinics that reassure health centers and hospitals.
The source added that the self-examination will be the mainstay of corona during the coming period, given its ease of use and the speed of results, in addition to its high accuracy in patients who have symptoms.
And he indicated that the molecular self-examination test is characterized by its simplicity, through the use of a nasal swab inserted at a depth of 2 cm inside the nose, used for one time, while the results appear within 15 minutes.
These days, reassurance clinics designated for people who do not have symptoms of corona, and verification centers designated for those who have symptoms, are witnessing a large crowd of citizens and residents, in order to conduct the necessary examination.
