Coronavirus antibody tests are to be “rapidly rolled out in the days and weeks to come as soon as it is practical to do so”, says Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Van-Tam.
He said that scientists still need to discover whether antibodies offered immunity and for how long they persisted.
“But the good news is we do now have antibody tests that we absolutely can rely on,” he said.
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