Ukuze kwenziwe “ukuhlonza kusenesikhathi, ukuhlukaniswa kusenesikhathi kanye nokwelashwa kusenesikhathi”, amakhithi e-Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) ngobuningi bamaqembu ahlukahlukene abantu ukuze ahlolwe. Inhloso ukuhlonza labo abangenwe yileli gciwane kanye nokunqamula izintambo zokudlulisela ngokushesha okukhulu.

I-RAT yenzelwe ukuthola ngqo amaprotheni egciwane le-SARS-CoV-2 (ama-antigen) ezibonelweni zokuphefumula. Yenzelwe ukuthola ama-antigen asezingeni eliphezulu ezibonelweni ezivela kubantu abasolwa ngokutheleleka. Ngakho-ke, kufanele isetshenziswe kanye nemiphumela yokuchazwa kwezokwelapha kanye nezinye izivivinyo zelebhu. Iningi lazo lidinga amasampula e-swab yamakhala noma ye-nasopharyngeal noma amasampula amathe omphimbo ojulile. Ukuhlolwa kulula ukukwenza.