The Government has ordered 50 million tests which can show if a person is immune to coronavirus. It is hoped the new antibody tests will be a "game changer" in the UK's battle against Covid-19, and could allow people to get back to work or socialising if they are found to have protection from infection.
It follows a breakthrough by scientists are the University of Oxford, who are working for the Government-backed Rapid Testing Consortium and believe the test is 99% effective, Mail Online reports.
However, the World Health Organisation warned only yesterday that there is no evidence people who develop antibodies after recovering from Covid-19 are immune to a second infection, casting doubts over a lockdown "exit strategy" which relies on