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Lateral flow tests are well established form of diagnostic tests for checking the presence of antigen (viral) when some one is infected with Covid-19. It detects presence of active Covid-19 infection. 

We recommend that you read and follow the manufacturer instructions carefully. 

The brand of lateral flow test that we use requires you to take a swab sample from both nostrils only.  This is generally a simple and painless process. The swab is then immersed in to the chemical solution. The solution tube has a dropper top which is used to add drops of the solution into the well in the test cassette. The results are displayed on the screen of the test cassette within 15-30 minutes. 

According to the brand that we use, their test kits have data from clinical trials from the UK, USA, Sweden and China which show a combined accuracy of 98.8% (96.8% diagnostic sensitivity and 97.1% specificity).

The manufacturer of the kit has confirmed that the test kits are EC marked and fully registered with MHRA.

Also that “The UK Government Public Health England, Porton Down Laboratory, which reviews all lateral flow tests for the DHSC/UK Government, has validated the test to have exemplary accuracy at multiple viral loads, including for asymptomatic patients, and across the new different variants.