False negative tests raising red flags

How accurate are Covid-19 tests

Each./// mayo clinic is announcing today the main test for detecting coronavirus may have a drawback.

This could have an impact on how governments plan their response to the pandemic.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live to break it down for us?

Nick?

Xxx katie?

Behind me is one of the many mobile testing sites which has popped up since the pandemic started.

Now we're hearing that one of the laboratory tests used to find the virus?

Might not be giving us the whole picture.

According to mayo clinic?

The test is very good at detecting positive cases of covi?19, but the weakness is in detecting negative cases.

So you could have a situation where someone tests negative and has no symptoms, when really they have had covi?19 all along.

But as emily dunbar from ?

G health told me earlier, the county has planned for unseen cases and they are looking ahead with their we have planned that, you know.

We are going to start moving into mass vaccinations planning as soon as that gets developed.

This is what we live for, we are professionals in this and we're prepared for it.

Cerro gordo county does rely on data of positive cases to plan their response, but they also allow for the fact there could be undetected cases out there.

Live in mason city?

Nick kruszalnicki?

Kimt news 3./// thank you nick.

The authors of the mayo clinic article are urging health care providers to strictly follow safety guidelines around patients?

Whether they have tested positive*or*negative for covi?19.///