New restrictions on leisure settings have come into force across Scotland over fears of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
New Covid test developed at Scots university is 'almost 100 per cent accurate'
10.12.2021 - 08:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scottish university's new test for coronavirus has been proven to be more than 99 per cent accurate in official UK government medical tests.
The University of Aberdeen's Universal EpitoGen test has passed the penultimate round of quality tests laid down by UK medical chiefs at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control.
In assessments at the NIBSC - part of the UK's MHRA regulatory body - the Scots test detected antibody responses with an accuracy level of 99.5 per cent.
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