TherearetwomaintypesofCOVID-19 tests: Thegold-standardpolymerasechainreaction, or a PCRtest, andanantigentest, sometimescalled a rapidor a lateralflowtest.
Thegovernmentmassivelyincreasedcapacityhere, and a lotofprivatelaboratorieswhodidotheractivities - whetherthatwastestingforsportsorforDNATestingforforensics - allmovedtheircapacitytowardsCOVIDtesting.
Suddenly, everyman, womanandchildinthe U.K., the U.S., Europe, mostpartsoftheworldhasnowspatin a tubeorswabthemselvesfor a resultthattellsthemsomethingabouttheirhealth.