It’s all too easy to forget about COVID on hot, summer days, but the virus is still here and continuing to infect people, hospitalize folks and even cause death.
“We are expecting a surge in cases as the summer progresses, too,” said Dr. Mark Loafman, a family physician in Chicago. “Most places are starting to see more COVID in wastewater testing and starting to see more positives in their labs, so that’s coming as well,” Loafman added.
As such, it’s as important as ever to test yourself. Many folks have COVID tests at home, whether from the government, from loved ones or from the local pharmacy, but do these at-home tests still detect the latest COVID variants? Here’s what experts want you to know:
Yes. COVID tests can still detect the latest variants.
All three experts told HuffPost that at-home COVID tests are able to detect the COVID variants infecting people now.
