Brits warned to not buy coronavirus tests online as they are unproven and potentially dangerous

By Professor John Newton

I TOTALLY understand why people are looking for the certainty that quality testing can provide.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock wants to have 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.

These are blood tests designed to tell if people  are  immune. They work best about a month after someone has had the virus.

But we don’t want to give  false hope and risk people spreading the disease further.

An Oxford University  team has been experimenting with antibody tests to  improve the accuracy we need  for a home test.

The team is now  working  with  testing firms. It has the potential to be a real gamechanger.

We are breaking new ground every day and I am confident we will make a breakthrough.

BRITAIN’s four million NHS staff are on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus.

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