Coronavirus home-testing kits to be made widely available in UK

Antibody test could restore lives to a ‘semblance of pre-lockdown normality’

Boris Johnson at a laboratory in Bedford
Boris Johnson at a laboratory in Bedford earlier this month
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Coronavirus home-testing kits are set to be available soon to healthcare workers and the general public in the UK.

The 15-minute kits will reveal whether someone has had the virus and is therefore thought to have some immunity. The home test involves pricking a finger to produce a drop of blood, which is then analysed by a device that looks like a pregnancy test unit.

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