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UK bought 3.5 million Covid-19 antibody tests: Hancock

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Tuesday (March 24) said the government had bought 3.5 million antibody coronavirus tests so that people who suspect they have had the virus would be able to check for sure.

“We’ve now bought 3.5 million antibody tests that will allow people to see whether they have had the virus and are immune to it and then can get back to work,” Hancock said at a news conference.

“We expect people not to be able to catch it, except in very exceptional circumstances, for a second time.”

National Medical Director of NHS England, Stephen Powis, also said Britain had recruited its first person into a clinical drug trial.

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