Covid 19 negative test results georgia. Viral tests for covid 19 tests for current infection. Viral tests identify the virus in samples from your respiratory system such as swabs from the inside of your nose. Please note that a negative test result does not indicate with 100 certainty that you do not have covid 19.
Those waiting on test results must self quarantine until a negative test result arrives. Covid 19 testing in georgia testing is available to all georgians who request it whether they have symptoms or not. We first informed about the uaes decision of holding a covid 19.
Interpreting your results 10369 kb. Heres what we know about covid 19 testing right now. A negative test result indicates you did not have a sufficient amount of the virus at the time of the specimen collection to produce a positive reading.
Contact tracing is an important way to stop the spread of covid 19 and protect your fellow georgians. There are two different types of tests for covid 19. Expect to be contacted by the dph to enroll in the healthy georgia collaborative contact tracing program to stop the spread of covid 19.
Funks test was negative. The results for each test can mean different things about your covid 19 status. If you test negative remember that you are still able to catch and spread covid 19.
Depending on where you live and whether theres a surge in the number of tests administered can determine how long itll take to get test results. What does my test mean. Types of covid 19 tests.
Viral tests and antibody tests. Even with a negative test result continue to practice standard safety protocol. We feel that the ideal way to calculate positivity would be number of people who test positive divided by number of people who are tested.
But channel 2 action news has learned that many georgians are waiting more than a week to get their covid 19 test results. With coronavirus cases surging in georgia.