Coronavirus: UK antibody testing lab will have 'major impact' on fight against COVID-19

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The government says that in less than a week more than 194,000 antibody tests have already been carried out.

Dr David Orr, clinical director of pathology and consultant microbiologist, said:"This news is most welcome and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is now at the forefront of measuring both the active disease using the PCR swab test and the antibody test.Dr Orr is himself one of the statistics. He has recently recovered after being infected with the virus.She says her positive test for the antibodies has given her some peace of mind, but not a sense of invulnerability.

The laboratory here can process up to 30,000 samples every day, although it is likely that COVID-19 antibody testing will initially use only a third of that capacity."Our advanced automation will allow us to perform thousands of tests a day. The team work between the clinical biochemists and microbiologists will have a major impact in our fight against this wretched disease," says Dr Martin Myers, a consultant clinical biochemist.

It also claims a specificity of over 99.8%, meaning it picks up virtually all people who have not had coronavirus. The government have already bought 10 million of the tests.

 

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Where are daily testing numbers. janemerrick23 PeterStefanovi2 bbcnickrobinson tnewtondunn JonAshworth Keir_Starmer BethRigby maitlis PaulBrandITV piersmorgan

A cure will miraculously appear when enough people have died it's control of population without a war

That's believable. 😂😂😂 This government is only world beating when it comes to incompetence, lies and deceit. Well done. 👏👏👏 StayElite

Excellent news

well can they hurry up and do more

Covid 19 is a hoax and a lie

Totally darama 😂😂🙏🙏

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Unbelievable MattHancock needs to roll these out to the public NOW! Why in MONTHS? We have 10 million already and more need to be precured. This is the key method of getting our country back running safely what the fuck are the gov actually delivering?

Getting rid of boris and chums will have a major impact on the fight against covid-19 SackTheLot

But when will it be ready? At the rate boris moves , it could be next year

piersmorgan Blocked me because of this poll! VOTE AND PLEASE RT ,..........

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