Normative:Positive

Normative

Encyclopaedic information

Illness was confirmed by a positive result on a SARS-CoV-2 molecular test.

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Antigen tests can yield false positive results for a variety of reasons, including: • Incomplete adherence to the instructions for antigen test performance [...]

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Examples

The identification of a positive case of COVID-19 following a given cross-border journey fulfils the criteria set out in Article 9(1) of Decision 1082/2013/EU, as it may still cause significant mortality in humans, as it may grow rapidly in scale, as it affects more than one Member State, and as it may require a coordinated response at Union level.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021D0858

Collocations

• positive result
• positive test
• to test positive for (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

Keyness

• positive: > 1000
• positive test: 811
• positive result: 926