Large numbers of people hit by coronavirus could be being missed due to failures in antibody tests for those with only mild infections, according to researchers at Oxford University. A study of more than 9,000 healthcare workers found that significant numbers of people had received negative test results despite being likely to have already contracted Covid-19. … Read more
How Covid affected England, Wales and Scotland: People in London were twice as likely to have had the disease as those North of the Border or the South West of England Just 7 per cent of people in the UK have been infected with coronavirus, according to early results from the biggest study of its … Read more
Britons can now buy coronavirus antibody tests on the high street to find out if they have had Covid-19 in the past. Superdrug has today relaunched its blood testing service after having it shut down by regulators in May over accuracy concerns. The retailer changed its service to take blood from veins instead of relying … Read more
‘Game-changing’ coronavirus antibody test that takes 20 minutes passes first trials with 98.6% accuracy Easy-to-read fingerprick tests were shown to be 98.6 per cent accurate The Oxford University developed AbC-19 tests will be distributed for free Large number of the tests were produced while waiting for regulatory approval By Helena Kelly For The Daily Mail … Read more
A manufacturer of a high-performing Covid-19 antibody test has still not managed to get it approved by officials for use in England — despite submitting proof months ago that it works better than others on the market. Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics first created its rapid antibody test, which tests blood to see whether someone has had … Read more
A British pharmaceutical giant is preparing to launch human trials of an antibody treatment that could protect old and vulnerable people from coronavirus. Cambridge-based drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to test its three-minute infusion of antibodies – immune cells trained to fight infections – on 30 Britons next month. If it is proven to be safe then … Read more
The Department of Health has been accused of ‘panic buying’ coronavirus antibody tests from the pharmaceutical company Roche before publicly revealing their accuracy. Officials spent £13.46million on the blood tests — now being used to tell which NHS staff have already had Covid-19 — on May 15, government contracts show. But Public Health England had … Read more
Up to ONE-THIRD of all coronavirus antibody tests may come back as false negatives, study finds Researchers looked at 40 studies analyzing coronavirus antibody tests, which determine if someone has previously been infected Sensitivity rates, meaning the rate at which tests come back positive, ranged from 66% to 97.8% This means between 2.2% and more than … Read more
Coronavirus antibody tests that can be done at home would get the results wrong a third of the time, a damning study has found. A review of research found that rapid ‘have you had it’ coronavirus kits, which screen the blood to look for signs of past infection, have major flaws. They correctly identify someone … Read more
Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows Researchers randomly gave 45 healthy volunteers either a low dose, a medium dose or a high dose of a coronavirus vaccine, or a placebo Those who received the vaccine were given two shots, except … Read more