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With a covid at home self swab kit do you need to get a mucus sample?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

No: Mucus sample is not needed for any Covid tests. Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. Get HPV and Covid vaccines. Wish you good health!

Answered 1/18/2021

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With a covid at home self swab kit do you need to get a mucus sample?

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