Coronavirus antibody tests may finally be on the way to Britain as one manufacturer of the kits has restricted sales to just UK healthcare providers. Belfast-based Biopanda Reagents posted an alert on its website to say the ban on all international orders was ‘effective immediately’. Its kits, which work on just a finger-prick of blood, … Read more
Germany will give 100,000 people coronavirus antibody tests in the next few weeks as part of a major trial to get millions of workers out of lockdown. The mass study will allow officials to determine who has already caught the deadly infection and is therefore immune to being struck down again. British health chiefs have still … Read more
A coronavirus test manufacturer has suggested it could take six weeks for the UK to get the 17.5million antibody kits it has ordered. Last night it was revealed that officials had agreed deals for Britons to start using antibody testing kits by mid-April. One of the companies in talks with Number 10 says ministers have asked … Read more
The Government may have jumped by the gun by announcing coronavirus home-testing kits for millions of Britons after admitting it was only a deal ‘in principle’. On Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he had ordered 3.5 million revolutionary ‘antibody’ tests that could be available to the public within days. But in a major u-turn, Government sources now … Read more
The Government claims it has bought 3.5million coronavirus antibody tests – but has refused to reveal who makes them, when they will be available on the NHS or if they can be used at home. Britain has repeatedly been slammed for its lacklustre approach to the crisis after testing just 5,000 people each day and allowing … Read more
New York is ‘pursuing’ testing residents’ blood for coronavirus antibodies, which indicate that they have had, recovered from and become immune to the virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. Researchers at Mt Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine announced Monday that they had developed the first so-called serologic test for COVID-19 in the US, and … Read more
British scientists discover antibody in blood of patient who fought off SARS that could NEUTRALISE coronavirus Academics have discovered an antibody that could neutralise the coronavirus Researchers examined the blood of a patient who had recovered from SARS Using powerful x-ray machine they were able to find an antibody from patient Coronavirus symptoms: what are … Read more
Boris Johnson plans to buy ‘hundreds of thousands’ of antibody kits – which can tell if anyone has EVER had the killer disease – after being accused of not testing quickly enough PM urged members of the public to heed the advice to keep up social distancing Mr Johnson also revealed British scientists will soon … Read more