Ukuze kwenziwe “ukuhlonzwa kusenesikhathi, ukuhlukaniswa kusenesikhathi kanye nokwelashwa kusenesikhathi”, amakhithi e-Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) ngobuningi bamaqembu ahlukahlukene abantu azohlolwa. Inhloso wukuhlonza labo asebengenwe yileli gciwane futhi banqamule amaketango okudlulisela ngokushesha okukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka.

I-RAT yakhelwe ukuthola ngokuqondile amaprotheni egciwane le-SARS-CoV-2 (ama-antigen) ezicini zokuphefumula. Ihloselwe ukutholwa kwekhwalithi yama-antigens ezicini ezivela kubantu abanezifo okusolakala ukuthi banezifo. Ngakho-ke, kufanele isetshenziswe ngokuhambisana nemiphumela yokuchazwa komtholampilo nokunye ukuhlolwa kwaselabhorethri. Iningi lazo lidinga amasampula e-nasal noma nasopharyngeal swab noma amasampula amathe omphimbo ajulile. Ukuhlola kulula ukukwenza.