UK plans to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests
- Update Time : Saturday, July 18, 2020
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British ministers are making plans to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests after a version backed by the UK government passed its first major trials, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported late on Friday.
The fingerprick tests, which can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been exposed to the coronavirus, were found to be 98.6% accurate in secret human trials held in June, the newspaper https://bit.ly/32qIpt3 reported.
It added the test was developed by Oxford University in partnership with leading UK diagnostics firms.
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