'Game-changing' Oxford antibody test claims 'overblown'

Hopes for the discovery of a "game-changing" immunity test for Covid-19 were dealt a new blow on Sunday when the Government was forced to deny claims it had ordered up to 50 million home testing kits. Scientists are racing to manufacture an antibody test that can tell people whether they have had the virus and built up a possible immunity. But so far none of the available tests on the market have passed a Government validation panel set up at Oxford University. In the latest blow, Department of