Rapid Coronavirus Antibody Test Could Be Available Before Vaccine 🚀

Business Insider reports that a new antibody test for COVID-19 might be ready sooner than the vaccine, potentially helping in faster detection and containment efforts. Roche, a leading pharmaceutical company, suggests vaccines may not be available until l

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Business Insider reports that a coronavirus vaccine my not be ready until the end of 2021, according to Roche, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company.<br />He explained "According to the most likely scenario, we will not have a vaccination before the end of next year."<br />Instead, Severin Schwan, chief executive of Roche, says that the public could have access to antibody tests sooner. <br />An antibody test, which could be available as early as May, would determine whether someone has had the COVID-19 infection.<br />If so, they would have assumed ongoing immunity to the virus.<br />Schwan said that an antibody test is key to allowing businesses to reopen and for people to gradually return to normal life.

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