Roche's Antibody test

Coronavirus: Roche’s serology test approved for mass NHS antibody programme

Roche's Antibody test
Roche’s Antibody test

There are now 230,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and 33, 164 people have died and 428 dead in the UK yesterday. Care homes in the UK account for 40 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths.

UK follows the EU and US to approve Roche’s Covid-19 antibody tests.

Game-changing tests are given go-ahead as WHO warns it could take a year to control Covid-19. The approval clears the way for it to be used as part of a mass NHS antibody program. The new coronavirus antibody test has been found to be 100 per cent accurate according to Public Health leaders after Public Health England said scientific experts at Porton Down facility had carried out an independent evaluation of the new blood test developed by a Swiss pharmaceutical company  Roche. Their serology test is designed to help determine if a patient has had Covid-19 and whether they have developed antibodies against it. The detection of these antibodies could help to indicate if a person has gained enough immunity against the virus;

Professor John Newton, national co-ordinator of the UK coronavirus Testing Programme said “This is a very positive development because such a highly specific antibody test is a very reliable marker of past infection.

# Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Tests/ Population
Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests 1M pop
  World 4,527,811 5,822 303,438 356 1,706,174 2,518,199 45,560 581 38.9    
1 USA 1,457,593 86,912 318,027 1,052,654 16,240 4,407 263 10,638,893 32,166 330753490
2 Spain 272,646 27,321 186,480 58,845 1,376 5,832 584 2,467,761 52,784 46752506
3 Russia 252,245 2,305 53,530 196,410 2,300 1,729 16 6,188,102 42,406 145926611
4 UK 233,151   33,614   N/A N/A 1,559 3,437 495 2,219,281 32,713 67840351
5 Italy 223,096 31,368 115,288 76,440 855 3,689 519 2,807,504 46,426 60472892
6 Brazil 203,165 247 13,999 6 79,479 109,687 8,318 957 66 735,224 3,462 212364444
7 France 178,870 27,425 59,605 91,840 2,299 2,741 420 1,384,633 21,219 65255252
8 Germany 174,975 7,928 151,700 15,347 1,329 2,089 95 3,147,771 37,585 83749935
9 Turkey 144,749 4,007 104,030 36,712 963 1,719 48 1,508,824 17,915 84220162
10 Iran 114,533 6,854 90,539 17,140 2,758 1,366 82 643,772 7,678 83850893
11 China 82,933 4 4,633 78,209 91 11 58 3 1439323776
12 India 82,103 106 2,649 27,977 51,477 60 2 2,039,952 1,480 1378233611
13 Peru 80,604 2,267 25,151 53,186 842 2,449 69 587,292 17,845 32910878
14 Canada 73,401 5,472 36,091 31,838 502 1,947 145 1,169,380 31,019 37699156
15 Belgium 54,288 8,903 14,111 31,274 407 4,687 769 623,628 53,839 11583189
16 Saudi Arabia 46,869 283 19,051 27,535 156 1,349 8 513,587 14,783 34741400
17 Netherlands 43,481 5,590 N/A N/A 410 2,538 326 282,776 16,508 17130079
18 Mexico 42,595 2,409 4,477 257 28,475 9,643 378 331 35 155,932 1,211 128755457
19 Pakistan 37,218 1,430 803 33 10,155 26,260 111 169 4 344,450 1,563 220309834
20 Chile 37,040 368 15,655 21,017 663 1,940 19 325,417 17,042 19094896
21 Ecuador 30,502 2,338 3,433 24,731 196 1,732 133 88,923 5,050 17607301
22 Switzerland 30,463 1,872 27,100 1,491 79 3,523 217 328,163 37,954 8646448
23 Sweden 28,582 3,529 4,971 20,082 351 2,832 350 177,500 17,590 10091169
24 Portugal 28,319 1,184 3,198 23,937 108 2,776 116 582,341 57,090 10200387
25 Qatar 28,272 14 3,356 24,902 72 9,835 5 143,938 50,074 2874514
26 Belarus 26,772 151 8,168 18,453 92 2,833 16 308,156 32,610 9449712
27 Singapore 26,098 21 5,973 20,104 20 4,465 4 224,262 38,372 5844386
28 Ireland 23,827 1,506 19,470 2,851 69 4,833 305 258,808 52,491 4930547
29 UAE 21,084 208 6,930 13,946 1 2,135 21 1,560,923 158,074 9874659
30 Bangladesh 18,863 283 3,361 15,219 1 115 2 151,930 924 164475123
31 Poland 17,615 883 6,696 10,036 160 465 23 554,357 14,645 37851778
32 Ukraine 17,330 483 476 20 4,473 12,381 225 396 11 211,614 4,835 43765842
33 Israel 16,579 265 12,521 3,793 62 1,919 31 485,922 56,258 8637437
34 Romania 16,247 1,053 9,053 6,141 225 844 55 286,217 14,866 19253316
35 Japan 16,120 697 9,868 5,555 259 127 6 233,144 1,843 126524328
36 Austria 16,058 626 14,405 1,027 54 1,784 70 344,606 38,290 8999806
37 Indonesia 16,006 1,043 3,518 11,445 59 4 173,690 636 273144953
38 Colombia 13,610 525 3,358 9,727 137 268 10 177,050 3,484 50811863
39 South Africa 12,739 238 5,676 6,825 119 215 4 403,018 6,807 59209961
40 Kuwait 11,975 88 3,451 8,436 175 2,810 21 231,930 54,416 4262156
41 Philippines 11,876 790 2,337 8,749 77 109 7 189,469 1,732 109387948
42 Dominican Republic 11,320 422 3,351 7,547 131 1,045 39 47,774 4,410 10833701
43 S. Korea 11,018 27 260 9,821 937 55 215 5 726,747 14,177 51263639
44 Egypt 10,829 571 2,626 7,632 41 106 6 105,000 1,029 102072877
45 Denmark 10,713 537 8,805 1,371 35 1,850 93 357,986 61,833 5789609
46 Serbia 10,374 224 4,084 6,066 22 1,187 26 162,797 18,623 8741704
47 Panama 9,118 174 260 4 6,080 2,778 72 2,118 60 46,898 10,892 4305682
48 Czechia 8,351 293 5,241 2,817 42 780 27 334,714 31,263 10706473
49 Norway 8,196 232 32 7,932 23 1,513 43 212,655 39,266 5415755
50 Argentina 7,134 353 2,385 4,396 170 158 8 93,673 2,075 45141794
51 Australia 7,019 30 98 6,334 587 18 276 4 978,976 38,450 25460983
52 Malaysia 6,819 112 5,351 1,356 16 211 3 271,721 8,409 32311201
53 Morocco 6,607 190 3,310 3,107 1 179 5 77,922 2,114 36852978
54 Algeria 6,442 529 3,158 2,755 22 147 12 6,500 149 43744108
55 Bahrain 6,198 10 2,353 3,835 4 3,661 6 214,084 126,451 1693017
56 Finland 6,145 287 4,300 1,558 33 1,109 52 137,000 24,731 5539635
57 Kazakhstan 5,689 118 34 2 2,531 3,124 31 303 2 483,236 25,777 18747133
58 Afghanistan 5,639 136 691 4,812 7 145 4 19,732 508 38807744
59 Moldova 5,553 194 2,228 3,131 251 1,376 48 20,447 5,067 4035126
60 Ghana 5,530 24 674 4,832 5 178 0.8 167,704 5,413 30984320
61 Nigeria 5,162 167 1,180 3,815 7 25 0.8 30,657 149 205430154
62 Oman 4,341 18 1,303 3,020 31 853 4 61,000 11,988 5088544
63 Luxembourg 3,915 103 3,665 147 11 6,268 165 58,727 94,021 624613
64 Armenia 3,860 49 1,572 2,239 10 1,303 17 36,016 12,157 2962544
65 Hungary 3,417 37 442 6 1,287 1,688 46 354 46 127,237 13,167 9663390
66 Bolivia 3,372 224 152 10 356 2,864 3 289 13 7,651 657 11651907
67 Iraq 3,143 115 2,028 1,000 78 3 140,573 3,506 40098372
68 Thailand 3,025 7 56 2,854 115 61 43 0.8 286,008 4,099 69777809
69 Cameroon 2,954 139 1,553 1,262 28 112 5 26454069
70 Azerbaijan 2,879 35 1,833 1,011 29 284 3 214,291 21,160 10127290
71 Greece 2,770 156 1,374 1,240 24 266 15 116,233 11,145 10429300
72 Uzbekistan 2,652 7 11 2,136 505 8 79 0.3 325,000 9,729 33404657
73 Guinea 2,473 15 895 1,563 18 189 1 10,304 788 13082852
74 Honduras 2,318 63 133 10 253 1,932 10 235 13 5,653 572 9883522
75 Croatia 2,221 94 1,850 277 7 541 23 50,340 12,253 4108356
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,218 122 1,272 824 4 676 37 45,810 13,952 3283308
77 Senegal 2,189 23 842 1,324 6 131 1 24,599 1,475 16682261
78 Bulgaria 2,138 38 102 3 545 1,491 51 307 15 63,319 9,104 6954790
79 Ivory Coast 1,971 24 930 1,017 75 0.9 15,260 581 26287582
80 Cuba 1,830 79 1,383 368 9 162 7 75,142 6,634 11327480
81 Sudan 1,818 90 198 1,530 42 2 43707940
82 Iceland 1,802 10 1,780 12 5,285 29 55,626 163,146 340958
83 Estonia 1,758 62 909 787 5 1,325 47 67,130 50,610 1326423
84 North Macedonia 1,723 95 1,235 393 21 827 46 20,088 9,642 2083385
85 Guatemala 1,518 176 29 129 1,360 5 85 2 7,200 403 17870731
86 Lithuania 1,511 54 934 523 17 554 20 208,253 76,373 2726772
87 New Zealand 1,498 1 21 1,421 56 2 311 4 216,787 45,003 4817157
88 Slovakia 1,477 27 1,112 338 5 271 5 131,910 24,162 5459310
89 Slovenia 1,464 103 267 1,094 7 704 50 66,678 32,074 2078902
90 Somalia 1,284 53 135 1,096 2 81 3 15830856
91 Djibouti 1,284 3 905 376 1,302 3 16,647 16,882 986088
92 DRC 1,242 50 157 1,035 14 0.6 89174452
93 El Salvador 1,210 98 23 416 771 19 187 4 51,142 7,890 6482018
94 Mayotte 1,210 16 627 567 10 4,450 59 5,000 18,389 271903
95 Kyrgyzstan 1,111 29 14 2 745 352 13 171 2 59,490 9,139 6509752
96 Gabon 1,104 10 182 912 13 498 5 5,530 2,493 2218477
97 Hong Kong 1,052 4 1,009 39 1 140 0.5 168,291 22,471 7489099
98 Tunisia 1,032 45 770 217 3 87 4 36,523 3,095 11802436
99 Maldives 982 4 45 933 2 1,821 7 11,775 21,835 539261
100 Latvia 962 19 627 316 2 509 10 83,275 44,091 1888690
101 Sri Lanka 925 9 445 471 1 43 0.4 39,629 1,852 21401804
102 Guinea-Bissau 913 3 26 884 465 2 1,500 765 1961573
103 Tajikistan 907 29 878 95 3 9508183
104 Cyprus 907 17 481 409 10 752 14 81,942 67,933 1206224
105 Albania 898 31 694 173 1 312 11 11,239 3,905 2878189
106 Lebanon 886 26 236 624 4 130 4 56,385 8,256 6829201
107 Niger 876 50 677 149 36 2 5,723 238 24079100
108 Costa Rica 830 8 535 287 4 163 2 18,388 3,614 5088065
109 Mali 779 46 436 297 39 2 2,498 124 20168486
110 Burkina Faso 773 51 592 130 37 2 20822813
111 Andorra 761 49 596 116 3 9,851 634 1,673 21,657 77249
112 Kenya 758 42 284 432 1 14 0.8 36,918 689 53608695
113 Paraguay 754 11 184 559 106 2 18,184 2,554 7120986
114 Uruguay 724 19 547 158 7 209 5 31,209 8,988 3472200
115 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4
116 Georgia 667 12 383 272 6 167 3 34,500 8,646 3990118
117 Zambia 654 7 124 523 1 36 0.4 15,487 846 18311507
118 San Marino 648 41 172 435 1 19,103 1,209 3,300 97,282 33922
119 Jordan 586 9 393 184 5 58 0.9 131,985 12,953 10189909
120 Equatorial Guinea 583 7 13 563 418 5 854 612 1396368
121 Channel Islands 549 43 456 50 3,161 248 5,342 30,762 173654
122 Malta 522 6 443 73 1 1,183 14 45,967 104,141 441394
123 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59494330
124 Jamaica 509 9 118 382 172 3 7,780 2,629 2959518
125 Venezuela 455 10 220 225 2 16 0.4 535,742 18,834 28445910
126 Taiwan 440 7 387 46 18 0.3 68,659 2,883 23811335
127 Réunion 440 354 86 4 492 17,200 19,229 894487
128 Sierra Leone 408 26 97 285 51 3 7954868
129 Chad 399 46 83 270 24 3 16359351
130 Congo 391 15 87 289 71 3 5499241
131 Palestine 375 2 310 63 74 0.4 43,566 8,567 5085052
132 Benin 339 2 83 254 28 0.2 25,471 2,109 12078851
133 Isle of Man 332 23 285 24 20 3,907 271 3,973 46,755 84975
134 Mauritius 332 10 322 0 261 8 69,773 54,874 1271502
135 Montenegro 324 9 309 6 2 516 14 10,167 16,188 628056
136 Cabo Verde 315 2 67 246 567 4 791 1,425 555195
137 Vietnam 312 260 52 2 3 275,000 2,829 97224670
138 Rwanda 287 168 119 22 45,140 3,497 12907635
139 Haiti 273 39 20 2 18 235 24 2 1,502 132 11384207
140 Ethiopia 272 5 108 159 2 0.04 45,278 395 114568201
141 Nepal 258 9 35 223 9 85,000 2,924 29066056
142 Togo 238 11 96 131 29 1 11,796 1,429 8251932
143 Sao Tome and Principe 235 7 4 224 1,075 32 175 801 218608
144 South Sudan 231 28 1 1 3 227 21 0.09 3,356 300 11176461
145 Madagascar 230 108 122 1 8 5,670 205 27591793
146 Liberia 215 20 105 90 43 4 5041262
147 Martinique 189 14 91 84 2 504 37 375301
148 Eswatini 187 2 51 134 161 2 2,262 1,952 1158593
149 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,829 8,638 176,867 48839
150 Myanmar 181 6 84 91 3 0.1 12,482 230 54362812
151 French Guiana 164 1 124 39 551 3 297602
152 Uganda 160 63 97 4 67,559 1,484 45534716
153 Guadeloupe 155 13 109 33 4 387 32 400115
154 Gibraltar 147 144 3 4,363 4,750 140,983 33692
155 CAR 143 10 133 30 3,498 726 4818458
156 Brunei 141 1 134 6 2 323 2 16,523 37,816 436933
157 Bermuda 122 9 66 47 2 1,958 144 4,691 75,290 62306
158 Cambodia 122 121 1 1 7 14,615 876 16688259
159 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 107 1 83 6 2,576 1,841 1398913
160 Mozambique 115 35 80 4 5,119 164 31132211
161 Guyana 113 10 42 61 3 144 13 1,052 1,338 786067
162 Aruba 101 3 93 5 4 947 28 1,937 18,152 106708
163 Mongolia 98 37 20 78 2 30 10,162 3,106 3271218
164 Bahamas 96 11 41 44 1 244 28 1,700 4,328 392754
165 Monaco 96 4 87 5 1 2,449 102 39206
166 Cayman Islands 93 1 54 38 3 1,417 15 5,342 81,408 65620
167 Yemen 85 12 1 72 3 0.4 120 4 29735785
168 Barbados 85 7 65 13 4 296 24 3,480 12,111 287331
169 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,613 38114
170 Sint Maarten 76 15 46 15 7 1,775 350 329 7,685 42812
171 Libya 64 3 28 33 9 0.4 3,253 474 6858905
172 Malawi 63 3 24 36 1 3 0.2 1,363 72 19061013
173 French Polynesia 60 59 1 214 3,170 11,293 280700
174 Syria 48 3 29 16 3 0.2 17441746
175 Angola 48 2 14 32 1 0.06 6,136 188 32720557
176 Macao 45 43 2 1 69 648161
177 Saint Martin 39 3 30 6 1 1,011 78 38577
178 Eritrea 39 38 1 11 3539907
179 Zimbabwe 37 4 13 20 2 0.3 36,081 2,432 14834125
180 Nicaragua 25 8 7 10 4 1 6614179
181 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 256 31 183 1,871 97824
182 Botswana 24 1 17 6 10 0.4 11,495 4,902 2345158
183 Timor-Leste 24 21 3 18 738 561 1315040
184 Gambia 23 1 10 12 10 0.4 1,341 557 2407111
185 Grenada 21 14 7 4 187 2,419 21,511 112456
186 Mauritania 20 2 7 11 4 0.4 2,015 435 4632582
187 Bhutan 20 5 15 26 13,311 17,276 770494
188 Laos 19 14 5 3 4,092 564 7261510
189 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,043 2,630 396653
190 Fiji 18 14 4 20 1,300 1,452 895606
191 New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,454 19,127 285140
192 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 727 3,961 183520
193 St. Vincent Grenadines 17 12 5 153 155 1,398 110895
194 Curaçao 16 1 14 1 98 6 389 2,372 164007
195 Dominica 16 15 1 222 420 5,836 71963
196 Namibia 16 12 4 6 2,011 793 2534689
197 Burundi 15 1 7 7 1 0.08 284 24 11840584
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 14 1 282 327 6,152 53150
199 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,751 402 115,984 3466
200 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 109 2,820 38648
201 Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981 801
202 Comoros 11 1 3 7 13 1 867066
203 Montserrat 11 1 8 2 1 2,204 200 36 7,212 4992
204 Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,579 27,820 56758
205 Seychelles 11 10 1 112 98269
206 Suriname 10 1 9 0 17 2 404 689 585948
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7
208 British Virgin Islands 8 1 1 6 1 265 33 167 5,529 30205
209 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8924052
210 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 357 13,631 26191
211 St. Barth 6 6 0 608 9873
212 Western Sahara 6 6 0 10 595301
213 Anguilla 3 3 0 200 14986
214 Lesotho 1 1 0.5 2140050
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5797
Total: 4,527,811 5,822 303,438 356 1,706,174 2,518,199 45,560 580.9 38.9