Does a faint line on lateral flow test mean positive or negative? Covid results explained
Free lateral flow tests are still available for people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus in Scotland. Around one in three people with the virus don’t show symptoms, so can spread to others without knowing, according to NHS Inform.
The home test kits, which are designed to detect Covid-19 antigens, are a way of providing a fast result in just 30 minutes - unlike PCR tests, which need to be sent to a lab.
When reading a lateral flow results, one pink/red line next to the control marker C means you've got a negative results.A second line next to marker T (test) is a sign of a positive result.
If there is one line next to T (and no line next to C), or no lines, your test is void. This means your test did not run correctly.But what does a faint second line on their test result mean, and is it negative, positive or void?
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