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 Urgnano. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24059 Urgnano BG, Italia
Via Cesare Battisti, 245, 24059 Urgnano BG, Italia
Piazza Ere, 17, 24050 Spirano BG, Italia
1.4 km
Via San Martino, 31, 24055 Cologno al Serio BG, Italia
1.6 km
Via Antonio Locatelli, 30, 24055 Cologno al Serio BG, Italia
1.6 km
Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 3, 24040 Comun Nuovo BG, Italia
2.1 km
Viale della Repubblica, 12, 24049 Verdello BG, Italia
3.1 km
Piazza Repubblica, 1, 24050 Zanica BG, Italia
8.4 km
Via Padergnone, 21, 24050 Zanica BG, Italia
3 km
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 11, 24049 Verdello BG, Italia
3.1 km
Via San Lino, 7, 24050 Lurano BG, Italia
3.3 km
Via Provinciale, 9, 24050 Ghisalba BG, Italia
3.2 km
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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.