The British firm behind a cheap DIY coronavirus test which is 'almost 100 per cent accurate' claims its offer to mass produce them for the NHS has fallen on deaf ears. The £6 test detects antibodies, the immune system's defence mechanism, which are produced to fight off the killer virus. The £6 test detects antibodies, the immune system's defence mechanism, which are produced to fight off the killer virus. The test can only detect people who have been infected with coronavirus for three days or more. The message from the World Health Organisation is 'test test test', to avoid trying to fight an outbreak 'blindfolded'.

Source: Daily Mail March 20, 2020 14:32 UTC