![]() The NHS says: “The symptoms are very similar to symptoms of other illnesses, such as colds and flu.” How accurate are lateral flow tests? Loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.New, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or three or more coughing episodes in 24 hours.High temperature or shivering (chills) – a high temperature means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature).The NHS now lists the following as official Covid symptoms: You are positive, you are infected, so if you can see anything on that LFT you should treat it like it is Covid and you should isolate.” What are the official Covid symptoms? ![]() “If you’re seeing a faint band you should be treating it as positive. “In a couple of hours it can go from very faint to very, very bold and so in both those cases you probably have enough virus to spread that on. If the LFTs pick up anything, you are very, very likely to be infected. “However, in both cases you’re likely to be infected. “A bigger, bolder line means more virus and a fainter line might mean less virus. “The LFTs measure roughly the amount of virus in the sample,” he said. However, Queen’s University virologist Dr Connor Bamford told the Belfast Telegraph this may be the case. There is nothing in the official government or NHS advice that says a faint line means you are less infectious. Does a faint line mean you are less contagious? ![]() He added that a “sensible approach” would be to be extra careful with precautions, such as social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing, and to continue testing regularly where possible. “If it is the latter, and obviously assuming you are asymptomatic at this point, then you are unlikely to be a transmission risk.” food or drink, or some other weak contaminant) or there are just very low levels of the virus. He said: “If the faint line appears after the window, the most likely cause is either that there has been some contamination (eg. NHS A&E doctor Nathan Hudson-Peacock has said a second line which appears after the 30-minute window may not indicate a positive result.
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