Claim: Covid-19 tests detect any coronavirus, not just the one that causes Covid-19.
Fact-check: A Covid-19 diagnostic test won't pick up other coronaviruses - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. covid-19 diagnostic tests are not perfect, but they won't misdiagnose other coronaviruses as the virus which causes covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-10-01T00:00:00