Flu or COVID? You can now test for both at home with a single swab. Here's what you need to know
- Written by Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
ShutterstockIf you have respiratory symptoms as we head towards winter and flu season, could it be COVID or the flu? Or something else entirely?
Now, we have a range of home tests that can distinguish between flu and COVID with one swab. They use technology you might be used to. They’re rapid antigen tests or RATs.
Here’s what you need...





