1.5 million COVID-19 tests bought by the federal government aren't accurate enough to be used in Australia. 9News
antibody tests bought by the federal government aren't accurate enough to be used in Australia, a report has found.
The antibody tests were supposed to be distributed soon after they arrived in March, but a report commissioned by Health Minister Greg Hunt said they were not ready for widespread deployment, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Australian National University Professor Carola Vinuesa, one of the report's co-authors, says the tests are not useful.
Some 1.5 million COVID-19 antibody tests bought by the federal government aren't accurate enough to be used in Australia, a report has found. "At the moment, the quality does not seem to be good enough for these tests to be deployed in large scale," she said.Australia hasFor breaking news alerts and livestreams straight to your smartphone sign up to the
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