Coronavirus testing. It typically takes 5 7 days after exposure for the test to report more accurate test results. Deaf and hard of hearing. Public health offers free covid 19 testing at a number of sites across seattle and king county.
Coronavirus self checker is a tool to help you make decisions on when to seek testing and appropriate medical care. Be prepared be safe. Public health is regularly updating their list of testing sites which includes locations at community health centers and uw mobile clinics.
If youre still having trouble finding a test site and have an iphone 699 at amazon apple recently added coronavirus testing locations to its maps app for iphone and those sites now appear. If you have symptoms consistent with covid 19 contact your health care provider. Doh also recommends testing for people with likely exposures such as close contacts of cases or those exposed in outbreak situations.
An antibody test might tell you if you had a past infection. Viral tests and antibody tests. The test is not 100 accurate and it may provide a false negative result especially if the sample was collected too early in your infection.
This will allow the uw to provide support to individuals who test positive as well as to better understand transmission among the community including symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. In the united states nearly 1 million people have. Emergency information for specific groups.
The pcr test is the most widespread and most accurate diagnostic test for determining whether someone is currently infected with coronavirus. Language and mobility access varies by location. A viral test tells you if you have a current infection.
The technician will put a special 6 inch cotton swab up both sides of your nose and move it around for about 15 seconds. Two kinds of tests are available for covid 19. Public health and community health center covid 19 testing.
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