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Thea van de Mortel

When RAT testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?

We're used to swabbing our nose for a COVID RAT, but should we also be swabbing our throat? Photo: Getty

We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID-19 when we have a scratchy throat or new cough.

But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social media sources suggest?

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