If symptoms become serious such as shortness of breath while sitting or difficulty breathing , call Triple Zero Currently this test is used in limited clinical situations. While all people who test positive for COVID must isolate, most people will not need to be tested again during their isolation period. If you test positive on a rapid antigen test, you are a case and you must follow your checklist and report your result online, or call Victorian and interstate labs are working around the clock to process all the tests, but with so many coming in every day, sometimes it takes a little longer to confirm the results.
 
 

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This may take place because the number of the virus is low and below the threshold of PCR detection, which results in negative,” explained the. All viruses change over time and laboratories can sequence the genetic material from a PCR test to identify and understand which variant of.