A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns
4 years, 8 months ago

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns

NPR  

A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images States clamoring for coronavirus tests in recent weeks have been talking about two types. Sponsor Message "We have to have a breakthrough innovation in testing," Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force said recently on Meet the Press in her most recent pitch for antigen tests. "Having a rapid antigen — in-home — self-test will help both combat the virus and also individual fear," says Stephen Tang, the company's chief executive officer. Generally, antigen tests tend to miss about 15 to 20% of infections, Nolte and others say, and that's likely not good enough for many uses of a diagnostic test for the coronavirus. It could turn out the antigen test's results would have to be confirmed by the PCR tests, Tang says.

Coronavirus Testing Tang Virus Sponsor Message Concerns Gehrke Antigen Pcr Tests  virus  nextgeneration  theyre  antigen  test  testing  hopes  concerns  genetic  pcr  tests  coronavirus  infected  raises

History of this topic

No need for booster vaccine against coronavirus this spring, experts decide
1 year, 10 months ago

No need for booster vaccine against coronavirus this spring, experts decide

Dutch News  

Coronavirus experts have advised against another round of vaccinations this spring because there is enough immunity in the population from previous vaccines or infections. The advisers will decide later in the year whether there should be another booster round in the autumn, when the peak season for coronavirus infections begins. Doctors should still be able to prescribe a vaccine for …

No need for booster vaccine against coronavirus this spring, experts decide
1 year, 10 months ago

No need for booster vaccine against coronavirus this spring, experts decide

Dutch News  

Coronavirus experts have advised against another round of vaccinations this spring because there is enough immunity in the population from previous vaccines or infections. The advisers will decide later in the year whether there should be another booster round in the autumn, when the peak season for coronavirus infections begins. Doctors should still be able to prescribe a vaccine for …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection
2 years, 9 months ago

Self-test kits OK'd for earlier detection

China Daily  

An employee counts disposable swabs while packaging COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in Hong Kong, South China, on March 3, 2022. In two separate notices, issued on Friday and Saturday, the National Medical Products Administration allowed five companies－Beijing Savant Biotechnology, Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering Technology and Shenzhen-based BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology－to revise its COVID-19 antigen …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 9 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

GGDs to use commercial coronavirus tests to deal with surging demand
2 years, 11 months ago

GGDs to use commercial coronavirus tests to deal with surging demand

Dutch News  

Commercial coronavirus tests will be used from next week to relieve the strain on local health services caused by a surge in infections since the start of the year. GGD GHOR, the network of local health services, confirmed that people would be offered certified antigen tests, arranged through Stichting Open Nederland, if no local testing facility was available. ‘If a …

GGDs to use commercial coronavirus tests to deal with surging demand
2 years, 11 months ago

GGDs to use commercial coronavirus tests to deal with surging demand

Dutch News  

Commercial coronavirus tests will be used from next week to relieve the strain on local health services caused by a surge in infections since the start of the year. GGD GHOR, the network of local health services, confirmed that people would be offered certified antigen tests, arranged through Stichting Open Nederland, if no local testing facility was available. ‘If a …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says
3 years ago

Self testing kits do detect Omicron, Dutch health institute says

Dutch News  

Dutch public health institute RIVM has carried out experiments with coronavirus self testing kits and did not find a difference in the ability to detect Delta and Omicron variants of the virus, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The FDA said in a statement that antigen tests ‘do detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity,’ which means the tests …

At-home COVID tests could make holiday reunions with family safer. Here’s how
3 years, 1 month ago

At-home COVID tests could make holiday reunions with family safer. Here’s how

LA Times  

Even with nearly 63% of Californians fully vaccinated, some public health officials worry that big gatherings this holiday season could lead to big outbreaks of COVID-19. Only two of the three approved home molecular tests — the Lucira CHECK-IT kit and the Cue Health kit — are available now online, and they’re pricey: Amazon sells Lucira’s for $89 per test, …

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity
3 years, 4 months ago

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity

NPR  

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity Enlarge this image toggle caption Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Booster shots against the coronavirus have already started rolling out in the U.S. for some people and millions more could be due for them soon. Sponsor Message Unlike other COVID-19 tests that are used …

COVID-19 home test kit approved; symptomatic people testing negative should go for RT-PCR, says ICMR
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 home test kit approved; symptomatic people testing negative should go for RT-PCR, says ICMR

Firstpost  

The ICMR said the RAT kits should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing kit for COVID-19, which it advised should be used only on symptomatic individuals and on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. The country’s …

ICMR: Home Testing Using RAT Only on Symptomatic Individuals and Immediate Contacts of Positive Cases
3 years, 7 months ago

ICMR: Home Testing Using RAT Only on Symptomatic Individuals and Immediate Contacts of Positive Cases

News 18  

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday said home usage of Rapid Antigen Tests is advisable only on symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of coronavirus-positive patients confirmed by laboratories. Issuing a new advisory for home testing, the ICMR said indiscriminate testing is not advisable and should be conducted according to the procedure described by the manufacturer in the user …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Corona rapid self-test to become available in shops next month
3 years, 10 months ago

Corona rapid self-test to become available in shops next month

NL Times  

The cabinet hopes that people will be able to take a rapid test for the coronavirus themselves starting next month. That is why we are now making it possible in the Netherlands for producers of good rapid tests to make a self-test version of it. For example, the test must already have a European quality mark, and the test must …

Coronavirus: Where to buy a private test
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Where to buy a private test

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Coronavirus updates | January 6, 2021
4 years ago

Coronavirus updates | January 6, 2021

The Hindu  

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,03,74,932 with 18,088 infections being reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,97,272 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.36 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent. …

Coronavirus: 20 more people test positive in India for UK virus strain, total rises to 58
4 years ago

Coronavirus: 20 more people test positive in India for UK virus strain, total rises to 58

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Twenty more people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58,” the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 58, the mutated …

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers

Live Mint  

The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought. The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, were unknown before the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, …

Coronavirus vaccine: Australian vaccine safe, produces antibody response in early tests
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Australian vaccine safe, produces antibody response in early tests

Live Mint  

Developed by an Australian university and CSL Ltd, an early testing of a potential coronavirus vaccine has shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response, Minister for Health Greg Hunt told news agency Reuters on Friday. Covid-19 vaccine update Earlier this week, Pfizer said that its experimental coronavirus vaccine had been more than 90% effective based on initial …

T-cell test is EIGHT TIMES better at detecting whether someone was infected with coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

T-cell test is EIGHT TIMES better at detecting whether someone was infected with coronavirus

Daily Mail  

A new type of test may be more effective at determining whether someone already had coronavirus compared to widely-used antibody tests. New research from the manufacturer, Adaptive Biotechnologies, which is based in Seattle, found that the test was eight times better at detecting past COVID-19 infection than a commercially available antibody test. A new type of test looks for T-cells, …

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Rapid test trials miss over 50% of positive cases

Daily Mail  

WHAT IS OPERATION MOONSHOT AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN LIVERPOOL? But residents have today complained to MailOnline that asymptomatic and symptomatic people were not segregated as they queued at testing centres for their swab, potentially opening the door for the coronavirus to sp Photographer David Colbran, 51, said: 'It's a shambles, we booked an appointment to have a test …

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Hindu  

A new coronavirus diagnostic method, using a low-cost portable unit developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research after testing with patient samples showed an accuracy level slightly lower than the gold standard RT-PCR method at a fraction of the cost. In parallel testing with 200 samples containing …

Coronavirus | Feluda test to be commercially available by month-end: CSIR Director General
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | Feluda test to be commercially available by month-end: CSIR Director General

The Hindu  

The Feluda test, a coronavirus detection test developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and to be commercialised by Tata Sons, will be commercially available in laboratories this month. Compared to the RT-PCR test, it’s reportedly cheaper — about ₹500 per test compared to ₹1,200-₹1,600 for RT-PCR, according to current estimates though that would be known only once …

Coronavirus vaccine news: Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech to begin trials of nasal Covid-19 vaccine, says govt
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine news: Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech to begin trials of nasal Covid-19 vaccine, says govt

India Today  

The clinical trials of nasal coronavirus vaccine in India are expected to begin soon by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, the government said on Sunday. The government also informed that the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech will begin the trials of nasal coronavirus vaccine once they receive regulatory approval. He then went on to add that …

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits
4 years, 3 months ago

Nigerian scientists develop cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kits

CNN  

CNN — Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive population, according to the country’s health authorities. Although Salako added that the detection rate of the NIMR test kit is “a bit lower than …

Lufthansa to offer rapid coronavirus testing – but only for first and business class passengers
4 years, 3 months ago

Lufthansa to offer rapid coronavirus testing – but only for first and business class passengers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lufthansa has announced it plans to offer rapid Covid-19 testing to passengers, although it’s likely only …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?
4 years, 4 months ago

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

CNN  

CNN — Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result – there’s a new generation of rapid tests coming to town – some are already here – and they’re poised to transform the landscape. Compared to the most commonly used type of coronavirus test in the country – molecular diagnostic tests, also called …

Coronavirus saliva diagnosis cheaper, faster alternative to swab testing, say scientists
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus saliva diagnosis cheaper, faster alternative to swab testing, say scientists

India Today  

A low-cost saliva test that will enable people to collect their own samples with minimal discomfort, without invasive nasal or throat swabs, could well be the way forward to detect the novel coronavirus, say scientists. Vineeta Bal, an immunologist from Pune’s Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, said saliva tests might become easily accessible like rapid paper strip tests …

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister
4 years, 4 months ago

Rapid Antigen Test Results Not Credible, Centre Shouldn't Waste Money on Them: Raj Health Minister

News 18  

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Friday said that the Centre should not waste money on rapid antigen tests for coronavirus as their results are not credible. Opening a debate on COVID-19 management and economic impact of lockdown in the state assembly which resumed a week after a trust vote was passed, the minister said that the accuracy level of …

Covid-19: What you need to know today
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s second sero survey has shown that 29.1% of the roughly 15,000 people surveyed across the Capital’s 11 districts have been exposed to the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease – and are, therefore, immune. As HT’s Binayak Dasgupta put it in an article summarising the key findings of several immunity-related studies, and their importance: “…a person once infected …

US coronavirus: Saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’
4 years, 4 months ago

US coronavirus: Saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’

CNN  

CNN — After months of frustration over testing shortages and delays, a new saliva test could give Americans a fast and inexpensive option to learn if they have Covid-19. “The SalivaDirect test for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 is yet another testing innovation game changer that will reduce the demand for scarce testing resources,” said Adm. Brett Giroir, the US official …

Coronavirus vaccines: How human trials take place
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus vaccines: How human trials take place

India Today  

How long will it be till the world gets an approved vaccine for the novel coronavirus? The Indian novel coronavirus vaccine candidates -- one developed by Hyderabad's Bharat Biotech and another by Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila -- began human trials mid-July. In phase I human trials, the primary aim of researchers is to test whether an experimental vaccine is safe and …

Coronavirus vaccine: Barrage of new data soon, Pfizer starts on positive note
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Barrage of new data soon, Pfizer starts on positive note

Live Mint  

Exhausted health-care investors who might feel like they haven’t had a day off since March aren’t going to catch a break this summer, as a barrage of new data on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments are expected in the third quarter. Results from Moderna Inc., AstraZeneca Plc and Pfizer Inc.’s partnership with BioNTech SE will be among the most watched events …

Chinese military gets approval to run clinical tests of experimental Coronavirus vaccine on human being
4 years, 6 months ago

Chinese military gets approval to run clinical tests of experimental Coronavirus vaccine on human being

Firstpost  

AMS’ candidate, named ARCoV, uses mRNA technology, an approach also used by Moderna Inc in the United States and German firm CureVac. A Chinese military research institute has been approved to test its second experimental coronavirus vaccine in humans, the eighth candidate in clinical trials for China as it emerges as a front-runner in the global fight against COVID-19. AMS’ …

Coronavirus | ‘RT-PCR will remain the gold standard for all viral infections'
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | ‘RT-PCR will remain the gold standard for all viral infections'

The Hindu  

Dr. P. Srinivasan, technical director at Neuberg Diagnostics and Chairman & Co-Founder of Be The Cure Registry and Jeenomics of Jeevan Stem Cell Foundation, Chennai, spoke to G. Ananthakrishnan on current testing options for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, when to think of taking the test, state of antibody testing. So if you look at sensitivity it is 50% to 80%, …

June 18, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 6 months ago

June 18, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Residents have their blood drawn for coronavirus antibody tests in Washington on June 16. Win McNamee/Getty Images A new report from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers up a national strategy for expanding coronavirus antibody testing across the United States, and recommends that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lead a “consistent, standardized effort” to perform …

Singapore Scientists to Start Human Trials of Covid-19 Vaccine in August
4 years, 6 months ago

Singapore Scientists to Start Human Trials of Covid-19 Vaccine in August

News 18  

Singapore scientists testing a COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. firm Arcturus Therapeutics plan to start human trials in August after promising initial responses in mice. The vaccine being evaluated by Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School works on the relatively-untested Messenger RNA technology, which instructs human cells to make specific coronavirus proteins that produce an immune response. “The fact that it replicates and …

Biocon arm Syngene develops ELISA test kits, ties up with HiMedia for production
4 years, 7 months ago

Biocon arm Syngene develops ELISA test kits, ties up with HiMedia for production

Live Mint  

Syngene International Ltd has developed its own ELISA antibody testing kits at its research facility in Bengaluru and has tied up with bioscience firm HiMedia Laboratories for manufacturing and distribution of the testing kits. Biocon Ltd’s contract research arm has developed the testing kit, which it claims has a capacity to test multiple samples together in a single run and …

HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, study of nine finds
4 years, 7 months ago

HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, study of nine finds

Daily Mail  

A new investigation reveals that several antibody tests for the novel coronavirus currently on the market are unreliable. ABC News and the Mayo Clinic looked at nine tests that use a drop of a blood from a finger prick to see if someone has immune-fighting cells against the virus. Four of nine coronavirus antibody finger prick tests failed to meet …

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You
4 years, 7 months ago

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You

NPR  

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Hennessy/Echoes WIre/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Paul Hennessy/Echoes WIre/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Salvador Perez got really sick in April. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sheila Perez Sheila Perez "He's anxious that he doesn't want to get sick. Some people also …

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
4 years, 7 months ago

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging

Associated Press  

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday. Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose of the vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. had antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19. U.S. government officials have …

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A test to check whether a person has previously had coronavirus …

Coronavirus patients wanted by QIMR scientists for new immunotherapy treatments
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus patients wanted by QIMR scientists for new immunotherapy treatments

ABC  

As the race to find a coronavirus vaccine continues, a Queensland medical research team is instead looking to create immunotherapy treatments for COVID-19. Doctor Corey Smith is leading the research effort and hopes to develop a new T cell immunotherapy for COVID-19 patients by studying how each volunteer's immune system responded to the virus. "We need to test that theory …

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England
4 years, 7 months ago

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England

The Telegraph  

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, published results of PHE's evaluation of the Roche test show that although 100% of negative samples accurately came back as negative, 16% of samples taken from people who had had the virus did not show up as positive. A coronavirus antibody test kit has been approved by Public Health England, The Telegraph has learned, …

Coronavirus vaccine: India joins hunt for Covid-19 vaccine with ICMR-Bharat Biotech partnership
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine: India joins hunt for Covid-19 vaccine with ICMR-Bharat Biotech partnership

India Today  

India formally entered the global race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus over the weekend, with the Indian Council for Medical Research tying up with the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech to develop "a fully indigenous vaccine" for Covid-19, the disease caused by the new virus. While ICMR is involved in a number of research projects -- including a global …

Discover Related