Some home tests for COVID-19 declined in performance when the Omicron variant emerged, a study suggests.
Researchers analyzed the performance of three commercially available rapid antigen tests — Flowflex , MPBio , and Clinitest — after Omicron emerged.
The study, led by Ewoud Schuit, MSc, PhD, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, included 6497 people with COVID-19 symptoms aged 16 years and older who arrived for testing at three public health service test sites in the Netherlands between December 21, 2021, and February 10, 2022.
The authors say that their findings indicate that people with symptoms can rely on a positive rapid antigen test result regardless of the variant they have,"while individuals with a negative self-test result should adhere to general preventive measures because a false negative result cannot be ruled out."
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