Superdrug has become the first high street retailer in the UK to offer a Covid-19 antibody test through its online doctor service.
The COVID-19 antibody home test kit, which costs £69 and is on sale from today.
People using the test will need to take a finger prick blood sample at home and then post the sample off to a lab.
Results are posted through Superdrug’s Online Doctor portal 24 hours after reaching the lab.
Superdrug claims the test ‘has a sensitivity a sensitivity of 97.5%’ and that it ‘has a specificity of 100%, which means it will not give you a positive result if you do not have coronavirus antibodies’.
Superdrug healthcare director Michael Henry, said the test is Public Health England certified and provides an “accessible way for people to know whether they have already been infected with COVID-19”.
The tests will only be available online through the online doctor service and cannot be bought in-store.
