There arein fact two tests. Their purpose is different.The current swab test indicates whether or not you currently have the virus. It does not show if you have ave had the disease and recovered.
The new tests of which Matt Hancock tells us he has ordered 3,500,000 tests for antibodies in the blood and will therefore tell whether or not you have had the infection.
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-antibody-test-what-is-it-virus-blood-nhs-matt-hancock-covid-19-a9423571.html
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