LONDON (REUTERS) - 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 on Friday (July 17).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - 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 on Friday .
It added the test was developed by the UK Rapid Test Consortium , a partnership between Oxford University and leading UK diagnostics firms. Anticipating a regulatory approval in the coming weeks, tens of thousands of prototypes have already been manufactured in factories across the United Kingdom, the report added.
"It was found to be 98.6 per cent accurate, and that's very good news," Dr Chris Hand, the leader of the UK-RTC, was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
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