A British DNA laboratory has developed a rapid coronavirus antibody test. It can be done 'one-the-spot' without the need to send samples away to a lab, and only requires a drop of blood. The test produces a result in around 15 minutes.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019.[1] The clinical presentation is that of a respiratory infection with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome that is potentially fatal.
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses has confirmed SARS-CoV-2 as the name of the virus owing to the virus's genetic similarity to the SARS-CoV virus, but taking into account that there may be differences in disease spectrum and transmission.[2][3] The World Health Organization has confirmed COVID-19 (a shortened version of coronavirus disease 2019) as the name of the disease that SARS-CoV-2 infection causes.[4] Prior to this, the virus and/or disease was known by various names including novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), 2019-nCoV, or variations on this.
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