Antibody tests are still held up as our way out of lockdown — at the very least, allowing healthcare workers to assist vulnerable patients, and even cancer patients to undergo treatment. There are now more than 200 brands of Covid antibody test approved for sale, many of them available over the internet, but as a foolproof way of finding out if you’re immune, they may be less than useless. But without reliable post-infection antibody tests, we will never know. Antibody tests look for molecules produced by the immune system to fight off new infection. ‘There are more than 200 antibody tests on the market.

Source: Daily Mail June 22, 2020 21:07 UTC