Public Health England have approved a new Roche test for coronavirus antibodies. It seems that the original test, which we ordered in early May, which was shown to have ......
Quote:
|
failed to come up to standard. The best were said to have been 70% accurate and most no more than 50%. Health secretary Matt Hancock, who had bought 3m of them, was said to be seeking the government’s money back.
|
...has now been improved and given a 100% accuracy rating at PHE's Porton Down Labs.
Quote:
The Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test is processed in laboratories using Roche analysers that hospitals already have. Roche says its fully automated systems can provide results in approximately 18 minutes for one single test, with a capability to do 300 tests an hour, depending on the analyser.
Prof John Newton, national coordinator of the UK coronavirus testing programme, told the Telegraph that experts at PHE’s Porton Down labs had evaluated the test and confirmed the 100% accuracy.
|
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/h...-a9513361.html
I just hope these tests really do work and that we will be able to see whether the antibodies have a long life span, whether mild cases can even develop the antibodies and hopefully see whether we are any where near to herd immunity. If they can be used to get results on people who had a recorded positive test for CV19 early on it may give us a small measure of hope.