Research lab launches new anti-body test for Covid-19

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A diagnostics company has launched a new lab-based coronavirus antibody test which can produce 46,000 results a day.

Mologic said it will start manufacturing its laboratory diagnostic test forCovid-19 following validation by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and St George's, University of London.

The test has also been sent to Public Health England for formal verification.

It was only last month when the Prime Minister visited the diagnostics firm in Thurleigh in Bedfiordshire.

The firm says the new test will allow individuals to identify whether they have antibodies for the virus - produced by the immune system when it is being attacked.

Since March, laboratories across the world have partnered withBedfordshire-based Mologic to evaluate a variety of diagnostic prototypes and independently assess performance.

Mark Davis, chief executive of Mologic, said: "The launch of Mologic'slaboratory-based test for Covid-19 is an exciting development in our efforts to support the global pandemic response. With the capability to process tens of thousands of test results every day, these kits will relieve immediate testing pressures in the UK and Africa."

Dr Joe Fitchett, medical director at Mologic, said: "

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Watch Claire McGlasson's report on the Prime Minister's visit to Mologic below on March 6th.

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