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Trouble with the error rate

That is why many rapid tests are false positive

Photo: Marijan Murat / dpa

These numbers cause annoyance among those affected: Currently, between 30 and 40 percent of the positive results of corona rapid tests in schools are wrong. This is confirmed by the responsible authorities in Lower Saxony, Hesse and Hamburg, among others.

That means: Trembling in pupils and parents until a reliable PCR test has either refuted or confirmed the rapid test result.

But how can it even happen that such a high proportion of rapid tests are false positive? Read with BILDplus why many rapid tests turn out false positive.

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