State health officials said Sunday that an analysis showed one brand of nasal swabs used at state mobile clinics often yielded false negatives.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah will no longer offer residents rapid COVID-19 tests after an analysis showed one brand of nasal swabs used at state mobile clinics often yielded false negatives.
Reports of the false negatives came as the United States experiences an omicron variant-fueled surge, causing cases, hospitalizations and deaths to spike. In Utah last month, COVID-19 hospital admissions hit an all-time high of 125 on Jan. 18. Federal health officials have said their research shows rapid tests can be even less accurate at detecting the omicron variant. But Leisha Nolen, Utah’s state epidemiologist, told The Salt Lake Tribune that the false negatives didn’t appear to be correlated with variants.
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