COVID-positive people in the United Kingdom will soon get free home antibody tests, a move that aims at improving the understanding of immune responses developed in people from vaccination and the COVID-19 infection, the government informed on Sunday, 22 August.
Anyone above 18 will get a chance to opt for the antibody tests while getting an RTPCR test. Those who test positive for the virus will be sent the antibody test. A total of 8,000 tests will be made available to COVID-positive people every day, a report in the BBC said.
The first test must be taken immediately after testing positive for COVID-19, before the body generates a detectable antibody response to the infection. The second test must be taken after 28 days to measure antibodies generated in response to the infection, the report said.