The most accurate coronavirus immunity test to date might be coming soon

[Chris Smith]

• A company has developed a new coronavirus immunity test that can reportedly provide more accurate results than some of the commercially available antibody tests.
• The company reported results from a COVID-19 immunity study in Italy that showed the test could identify more COVID-19 survivors correctly and even prove that people who had no symptoms or a positive COVID-19 diagnosis were infected with the novel coronavirus.
• The Adaptive Biotechnologies T cell test might be available in November after the company seeks Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA.

The first coronavirus vaccine looks closer than ever now that Pfizer’s interim data showed a more than 90% effectiveness rate for the BioNTech experimental drug. As the US and Europe plan upcoming vaccination campaigns while dealing with the worst COVID-19 wave so far, the question of coronavirus immunity will have to be unequivocally answered. We’ll have to know exactly how long immunity lasts after infection or after the first round of vaccination to better prepare for a second bout with the illness and plan for a new round of vaccines.

Measuring coronavirus immunity is also important for a community’s public health measures. Once herd immunity is reached, and a large percentage of the population has been infected or vaccinated, the transmission rate drops considerably. Life can start to go back to normal. To measure immunity accurately, we need much better testing than what's available right now. And the first such test is already in the making.

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