Covid-19: Kolkata to have RT-PCR follow-up tests

The health department has started ramping up the number of rapid antigen tests (RAT) that now account for about 50% of the Covid tests conducted in the state daily. But taking a lesson from Delhi, which came under the scanner for relying on RAT tests with health experts fearing suppression in the number of positive cases, state health officials say they were re-checking negative samples of each symptomatic patient to ensure that not a single case is missed out.

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