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How you get your NHS coronavirus (COVID) test result - NHS.
Covid booster jabs protect against Omicron and offer the best chance to get through the pandemic , health officials have repeatedly said. The Sun's Jabs Army campaign is helping get the vital extra vaccines in Brits' arms to ward off the need for any new restrictions.
PCR polymerase chain reaction tests are the gold standard and are sent off to a lab to be properly processed - unlike lateral flow tests that can be completed at home in less than an hour. It is sent to a laboratory where a lab technician looks for genetic material of the virus using highly specialised equipment. The PCR tests are much better at finding very small amounts of the virus, especially early during an infection.
So these are used primarily in people who have Covid symptoms. It uses a long cotton bud, which takes a swab of the inside of your nose and the back of your throat. NHS Test and Trace figures show around 95 per cent of people get a result in 24 hours if they are tested under Pillar 1, which covers places like hospitals and outbreak spots.
But around 60 per cent of those tested at large drive-through centres, under Pillar 2, get their result back in 24 hours. For example, results may take longer to come back during very busy periods or peaks of waves because labs are swamped with tests. Usually the result is sent to you via text or email when it's ready.
If you have the NHS Covid app, the result might come to you that way. If you do not get your results by day six, then call Calls to are free from a landline or mobile phone. Lines are open from 7am to 11pm. If you test positive for Covid , you have to self-isolate. It's a legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive or are told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace. You could be fined if you don't. NHS Coronavirus information. Information from gov. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here.
If you have health concerns, please seek medical attention. Related: Lockdown Learning , discuss home schooling during lockdown. My Dh had a pcr test yesterday morning and we are still waiting for results.
I know it can take up to 3 days but every test we've done we've had results back by morning and luckily all been negative. The fact this one is taking so long I'm stressing it's gonna be positive!
I would imagine it's because there has been a big increase in cases so more people are being tested, I don't think it's anything to do with the test results. Fingers crossed it's negative. Try not to worry. My DH had one last Friday lunchtime and didn't get the results till Saturday at 6pm. It was negative. Think they're just very busy.
We thought the same though! When my step brother's family tested they got the first positive result on the Tues, then two negatives a couple of days later then two more positives at the weekend.
Thankyou everyone. His result has just come through and negative.
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