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The new tests on the block: South Africa adds a new COVID test to its tool kit

Aisha Abdool Karim and Dylan Bush

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Aisha Abdool Karim and Dylan Bush

Increasing the amount of testing for COVID-19 is the best way to see how widespread the outbreak is. South Africa recently approved its third kind of coronavirus test — an antigen test. But how does it work and what sets it apart from the others on offer?

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Aisha Abdool Karim was a senior health reporter at Bhekisisa from 2020 to 2022.

Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.

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