Dealing with the Social Isolation of the Covid-19 Pandemic
"Sana has been in social isolation for 3 days and she's losing her mind. She wants to go outside, but she can't. Plus, the news keeps reporting scary things. Sana is scared and anxious".
The study involved analysis of test samples taken from 30 people who took their own nasal swabs. The team found that these tests yielded accurate results as those that were collected by a health worker.
The study participants were asked to collect their own nasal swabs, then, a physician took two additional samples from each of them. All three samples were tested for COVID-19. Of all 30 participants, 29 had identical results for the three samples – 11 tested positive and 18 tested negative. Only one person had dissimilar results – the self-swab tested positive while the two additional swabs taken by the doctor tested negative
Read more here – http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/06/self-swabbing-tests-for-covid-19-accurate-and-safe.html
