{"id":5573,"date":"2020-07-11T19:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2020-07-11T19:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:49:27","slug":"covid-19-with-only-2-false-negative-results-antigen-tests-found-reliable-in-guwahati-says-himanta-biswa-sarma-guwahati-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=5573","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: With only 2% false negative results, antigen tests found reliable in Guwahati, says Himanta Biswa Sarma | Guwahati News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>GUWAHATI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/assam\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/assam\" frmappuse=\"1\">Assam<\/a> health minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Himanta-Biswa-Sarma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_Himanta-Biswa-Sarma\" frmappuse=\"1\">Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/a> said that only 2% of all the negative results from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rapid-antigen-test\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_rapid-antigen-test\" frmappuse=\"1\">rapid antigen test<\/a> for Covid -19 in Guwahati so far have been found to be false negative after the repeat tests by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction or <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/RT-PCR\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_RT-PCR\" frmappuse=\"1\">RT-PCR<\/a> laboratory technique. <br \/>ICMR has allowed antigen-based assays as point-of-care tests for early detection of SARS-CoV-2 but has underlined that while a positive test by this method should be considered as a true positive, all symptomatic individuals testing negative through the rapid <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/antigen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_antigen\" frmappuse=\"1\">antigen<\/a> test should be confirmed with a real-time PCR repeat test. <br \/>\u201cThe antigen tests have become reliable and this a good indication. People can rely on antigen tests as only 2% results have shown false negative,\u201d Sarma said. <br \/>Assam put into play its \u2018test-track-treat\u2019 strategy for early detection and containment of the novel <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/coronavirus\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/coronavirus\" frmappuse=\"1\">coronavirus<\/a> with rapid antigen tests from July 4 in Guwahati through targeted surveillance, voluntary and house-house tests. <br \/>Sarma said on Saturday that till Friday 6,257 antigen tests have been completed and of them 1304 samples have tested positive. <br \/>\u201cFor the remaining 4953 samples which showed negative results, we carried out the repeat tests by RT-PCR and found that only 2% of the samples have tested positive,\u201d Sarma added. <\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/covid-19-with-only-2-false-negative-results-antigen-tests-found-reliable-in-guwahati-says-himanta-biswa-sarma\/articleshow\/76914154.cms\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that only 2% of all the negative results from rapid antigen test for Covid -19 in Guwahati so far have been found to be false negative after the repeat tests by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR laboratory technique. 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