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I travelled in UK and it seems you do have to do an antigen tests when you get in as a traveller. Is antigen test able to detect this variant?

• _Wintermute 5y ago
  It can detect it as a positive result, it can't distinguish between variants.
  • thenewnormal 5y ago
    What feature of the virus does the anitgen test detect? If this one has so many mutations, it's not a ridiculous question.
    • Aachen 5y ago
      I don't know the answer, but related: I read the manual that came with the new self tests and it mentioned what else it reacted to, like some micrograms of influenza type such and such. There was a whole host of things it responded to. They seem to just detect extremely broadly. Previous self tests didn't include this, I found it quite interesting.