Do I need to have another test to confirm my covidSHIELD results
No. Follow-up testing
is not needed. The covidSHIELD saliva-based test is a definitive
rtPCR diagnostic test
authorized by the FDA.
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I don't have any symptoms. Is this a false positive?
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