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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
National
Lisa Schencker

Many people say they’ve gotten false negatives on at-home, COVID-19 tests. Why?

CHICAGO — Jackie Kramer thought she had COVID-19 late last month.

Everyone in her family tested positive. And she had symptoms: congestion, a headache and fatigue.

Yet the Andersonville woman kept testing negative, over and over again. She took several PCR tests and rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests every day for a week.

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