As much as four percent of California’s population may have already been infected with coronavirus, results of antibody testing there suggest. Scientists from Stanford University developed an antibody test for coronavirus, which detects when someone has already been infected and their body has produced immune cells that may offer protection against reinfection. They found that … Read more
US regulators gave emergency authorization to a fourth test for coronavirus antibodies in an effort to help health authorities identify who has already been infected and may have developed immunity to the virus on Wednesday. Mt Sinai Health System, in New York, was the first lab in the US to announce it had developed such … Read more
The Italian region of Lombardy says it will start performing 20,000 coronavirus immunity tests per day from next Tuesday. Officials say the ‘reliable’ tests have been developed at a research hospital near Milan and will start being offered to health workers next week. The government of the hard-hit region says the tests will ‘certify immunity … Read more
Abbott reveals it has made a new coronavirus antibody test which ‘could screen 20 million by June’ By Reuters and Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 21:33 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 15 April 2020 Abbott Laboratories announced it has launched its third coronavirus test, this time a blood test … Read more
Antibody tests for coronavirus that might indicate who has had the virus and is now immune to it are cropping up across the US and government officials have pointed to these blood tests as the key to reopening the nation. But there’s little clarity to be had on how reliable or accurate these tests – … Read more
Antibody tests for coronavirus that might indicate who has had the virus and is now immune to it are cropping up across the US and government officials have pointed to these blood tests as the key to reopening the nation. But there’s little clarity to be had on how reliable or accurate these tests – … Read more
A Scottish newsagent is selling coronavirus test kits for £30 each – and claims he has already sold £750,000 worth to a pharmacy. Nadeem Anwar says the antibody test, which can tell if someone has already had the killer infection, he sells is 92 per cent accurate. He has already bought 100,000 kits from China … Read more
Government demands its money back from China after 3.5 million antibody tests it purchased were found to be faulty The Government wants its money back for millions of antibody tests from China Department of Health says no finger-prick tests passed accuracy checks It comes as governments rejected Chinese equipment to fight the coronavirus Learn more … Read more
Government demands its money back from China after 3.5 million antibody tests it purchased were found to be faulty The Government wants its money back for millions of antibody tests from China Department of Health says no finger-prick tests passed accuracy checks It comes as governments rejected Chinese equipment to fight the coronavirus Learn more … Read more
‘None of the antibody tests were close’: UK’s coronavirus testing tsar says none of the kits assessed by the government work well enough to be rolled out across the nation – but he remains ‘optimistic’ of a breakthrough Professor John Newton has been put in charge of ramping up testing efforts Today he admitted none … Read more