LONDON, 14 May. - (ANA) - Britain will begin using an antibody test for COVID-19 in coming days, focusing its use on health workers and carers, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said on Thursday.

 

“I anticipate that it will be rapidly rolled out in the days and weeks to come,” he said referring to a test produced by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG.

 

“I also anticipate that the focus will be on the National Health Service and on carers in the first instance.”

 

In the United Kingdom (UK), a further 428 people have died with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 33,614.

 

Globally, the number of people confirmed to have died with Covid-19 nears 300,000, with 1.5m recovered

 

More than 4.4 million people have been infected.

 

There have been almost 85,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the United States, and more than 1.4 million cases - more than any other country in the world.  - (ANA) -

 

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