Coronavirus: Antibody testing, development of treatments & vaccines underway

The next wave of coronavirus testing involves serology tests to identify antibodies that help fight off the infection.

Typically, the presence of the antibodies indicates that someone has been exposed to the virus and developed some level of immune response.

Roche’s Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test, which was approved under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) emergency use authorization, is live at more than 20 hospital and commercial lab sites throughout the U.S.

In the coming weeks, that’s expected to increase to more than 200 sites that would be capable of performing millions of tests per week.

A full list of tests authorized by the FDA can be found here.