Covid Test Results Time. Fill out the registration form. At the beginning of the pandemic, the only test available was a pcr test, which with an accuracy rate of 63 to 98 percent is still considered the gold standard of covid testing.
Be sure to have your mobile phone in case we need to reach you. You'll get a text or email with your result when it's ready. You will receive your result by text or.
(for comparison, the cdc in 2018 estimated that rapid flu tests have about the same rate of incorrect results.)
Covid test results aim to be returned within 48 hours if you had your test done at a specialised test site. Negative tests and returning to work. Results are sent by text and should be with you within 48 hours. Even if you have had a negative result, it’s important to still apply caution.