The experts: antigen tests are less sensitive to Omicron
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Antigen tests may be less sensitive to the Omicron coronavirus strain.
This is the conclusion reached by the FDA. < br />
In particular, researchers from the FDA and the US National Institutes of Health used samples from tested patients.
The test was less sensitive for the new strain of coronavirus. Sometimes it got a “false negative.”
The FDA, however, is not urging people to refrain from taking these rapid tests.