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Jul 14

VERIFY: Throat swab versus nasal swab for omicron

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Is a throat swab better at detecting omicron than a nasal swab?
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Jul 02

COVID-19 rapid test: How to swab your nose and mouth 🦠 #shorts

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Doctors now recommend swabbing the mouth and the nose to get more accurate results from COVID-19 rapid tests.

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Lisa Barrett suggests swabbing the throat first — twice on each side — and then swabbing each nostril.

“This particular virus, like Omicron, seems to hang out in the throat a lot,” Barrett said.

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