Coronavirus antibody tests that take 20 minutes have passed the first major trials with 98.6% accuracy. 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 finger-prick tests, which can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been exposed to the coronavirus, were found to be 98.6 per cent accurate in secret human trials held in June, the Telegraph reports.
It added the test was developed by the UK Rapid Test Consortium (UK-RTC), a partnership between Oxford University and leading UK diagnostics firms.