The Test is intended to help those people who were exposed to the Coronavirus, the corresponding antibodies.
We strive to have the antibody test until the beginning of may in the countries that accept the CE marking of the European Union, available. At the same time, Roche is working actively with the FDA for an emergency admission.
Anti body tests play a Central role, in order to identify exactly those people who were infected with the Virus, but no symptoms showed, as it says in the message.
Support for high-risk group
In addition, a Test may support the information according to the primary investigation of high-risk groups.
This includes Employees in the health sector or the food supply, which may have already developed a certain degree of immunity, and your service to continue and/or return to work can include.
The antibody test is an important next step in the fight against the Corona of a pandemic. So the anti-body test from Roche could be produced in higher quantity fast.
In the case of the “Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassay” is, according to the communication, an In-vitro Test, in which human Serum and Plasma from a blood sample is used to detect antibodies and to determine the immune response of the body to the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The Test can be performed on the Cobas e analyzers from Roche Diagnostics.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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