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 Teglio. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Cavallari, 31, 23030 Castello dell'Acqua SO, Italia
2.9 km
Unverified
Viale Italia, 57, 23037 Tirano SO, Italia
6.2 km
Largo Risorgimento, 18, 23037 Tirano SO, Italia
6.2 km
Via Roma, 29, 23030 Lovero SO, Italia
9 km
Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia
9.2 km
Piazzetta Martire Pietro Rusconi, 5, 23100 Sondrio SO, Italia
9.2 km
Via Dante, 3, 23100 Sondrio SO, Italia
9.2 km
Unverified
Via Porto, 1, 23010 Albosaggia SO, Italia
10.1 km
Unverified
Via Roma, 56, 23030 Mazzo di Valtellina SO, Italia
10.8 km
Via Pizzo Scalino, 60, 23020 Lanzada SO, Italia
11.3 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.