Rapid Result Covid Test Detroit. The city of Detroit began testing its first responders bus drivers and health care workers for COVID-19 on Thursday using new rapid testing kits that produce results in about 15 minutes. At the beginning of the pandemic the only test available was a PCR test which with an accuracy rate of 63 to 98 percent is still considered the gold standard of COVID testing.
The rapid-result tests are available free to anyone who meets the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. Likewise if you test too early perhaps just after you are exposed to the virus your test will come back negative because there are not enough viral antigens to be detected. Test types vary by location.
The other test currently only offered at one location in Detroit is a Rapid Point-of-Care nucleic acid amplification test which produces results within 24 hours.
CVS Health will offer rapid-result COVID-19 testing at almost 1000 of their pharmacies by the end of 2020 according a recent news release. Likewise if you test too early perhaps just after you are exposed to the virus your test will come back negative because there are not enough viral antigens to be detected. Check the details of the testing locations above and look for Rapid test available. Rapid tests are point-of-care diagnostic tests that use a mucus sample from the nose or throat but can be analyzed at a doctors office or clinic instead of being.