The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is transitioning its COVID-19 testing provided at state airports towards rapid antigen tests as they move forward with a hybrid model, offering rapid and molecular tests.
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The shift to rapid antigen tests will impact case counts since more and more tests will be done at home rather than sent to a lab. State health officials said they will track trends of cases rather than case counts, similar to how they treat influenza data.
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