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Updated 17 September 2021
We’ve compiled some of the available rapid antigen testing services in Pakistan and everything else you need to know about taking a Rapid Antigen Test in the country.
Why choose rapid antigen test?
While the molecular PCR test is still considered the most accurate and widely used method of detecting the presence of COVID due to its high rate of accuracy, it does involve a considerable turnaround time ranging from a day to a whole week.
Rapid antigen tests, on the other hand, are cheaper to administer and offer quick turnaround times of only about 15 to 20 minutes, albeit with less reliable results.
The currently authorized antigen tests include laboratory-based and self-tests, and they are applicable to people of any age.
Rapid antigen test Pakistan
While rapid antigen tests are less common than PCR tests, diagnostic labs throughout Pakistan typically provide this service for the general public.
Here, we have listed out a few prominent ones in Pakistan, with centres in several cities. Please contact the respective lab for the latest in prices, availability and appointment requirements.
Islamabad Diagnostic Centre
Pakland Square, G-8 Markaz, Islamabad
Call +923438530449 for bookings and details
Ground floor, Mubarak Plaza, Opp. Lady reading Hospital, Qila Bala nisar, Peshawar
Call +923438530449 for bookings and details
Plot No COM 3, Shop No G-42, Corniche Residence, Block 02, Clifton, Karachi
Call +923438530449 for bookings and details
Etimad, Ground Floor, Finance & Trade Centre Building Shahrah e Faisal, Karachi
Call +923438530449 for bookings and details
Chugthai Lab
Plaza Fazal-e-Haq Road Blue Area Islamabad
Call +923458392007 for bookings and details
East#101, Fazal-e-Haq Road, Between F-7/G-7, Old Stock Exchange Building,Blue Area, Islamabad
Call +923444443099 for bookings and details
Shop No 3 opposite Gate No 3 Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi
Call +923489214166 for bookings and details
Al-khaleej Tower, Shaheed-e-Millat Road
Call +923408883252 for bookings and details
Block 3, P.E.C.H.S Shaheed-e-Millat Road
Call +923408883252 for bookings and details
Chughtai Medical Center – 571-B People Colony # 1 Near Saleemi Chowk Satiana Road Faisalabad
Call +923424997464 for bookings and details
Khan Medical City, Nishtar Road, Multan
Call +923477943721 for bookings and details
Sialkot center lalazar chowk commissioner road Sialkot
Call +923456512069 for bookings and details
10 Jail Road, Lahore
Call +923111456789 for bookings and details
Lalik Chowk, DHA, Lahore
Call +923111456789 for bookings and details
Shaukat Khanum Lab
Shop No. 8 & 9, Zahra Square, Block 6, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, (NIPA), Karachi
Call +922134834524 for bookings and details
Mobile Sample Collection Unit, Ramada Plaza (Parking Lot), Karachi
Call +923167777666 for bookings and details
2 Royal Centre, 106 West Fazal-e-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad
Call +92512348276 for bookings and details
Near First Women Bank Mall Road Saddar Cantt Peshawar Saddar, Peshawar
Call +92915284114 for bookings and details
Excel Lab
Airport Hotel, Near Karachi Airport, Opposite Ramada Hotel, Karachi
Call +923018500671 for bookings and details
Main Susan Road, Near Khayam Hotel, Faisalabad
Call +923000454826 for bookings and details
Main Nishter Road, Multan
Call +923000609659 for bookings and details
Mall Tower, Mall Road, Saddar, Peshawar
Call +923018500672 for bookings and details
Essa Lab
Jinnah Avenue, Malir Cantt, Service Ln, Rufi Down Town, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh
Call +922134977720 for bookings and details
Suite#1, Bungalow No A-31/2, Near Colony Medical Store, Shama Chorangi, Shah Faisal Colony No. 2 – Karachi.
Call +922136626126 for bookings and details
Durand Road, Muhammad Pura, Garhi Shahu, Lahore
Call +923355733333 for bookings and details
Commissioner Road, Lalazar Chowk, Sialkot
Call +923007416682 for bookings and details
Near OPD Gate Lady Reading Hospital Asamai Road Opp. Mubarak Hospital, Peshawar
Call +923355577151 for bookings and details
Shop 3, 111 Plaza, Fazal-e-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad
Call +923365733333 for bookings and details
When is a rapid antigen test preferred?
The administering of rapid antigen tests would make more sense in situations where there’s a constant higher risk of infection, for example, in hospitals or nursing homes.
Staff, visitors and patients can be tested regularly, and the repeated tests would compensate for the lower reliability rate since it is unlikely that consecutive tests with the same person would yield inaccurate results.
