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Malvika Padin & Sophie Buchan

Doctor explains why some people may test negative for Covid despite feeling ill

If you've felt sick within the last few weeks and generally run down, it thankfully doesn't mean that you have Covid - and if you keep testing negative, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a faulty test.

Although the best thing to do is test and isolate until you receive a negative result, many people are wondering why they feel so awful and yet their test is not showing up as positive.

While Covid may not seem as dangerous as it was at the start, this is simply down to a vaccine being created which helps protect against hospitalisation and death.

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