If you test positive, it is"very likely" that you have had the disease.Dis-Chem now offers Covid-19 antibody tests at its drive-through testing stations.
The test, priced at R380, will show whether it was"very likely" that a person had Covid-19 and developed an immune response, the pharmacy group says. Unlike the Covid-19 nasal swab test, also offered by Dis-Chem , the antibody test cannot necessarily detect active cases of Covid-19. The antibody test should start to pick up antibodies from fourteen days after a person started experiencing symptoms related to the coronavirus.
as the backlog cleared, and given a drop in volumes, it is no longer necessary to register and book a slot before arriving at a testing drive-through site., health minister Zweli Mkhize finally announced that antibody testing was legal in South Africa. Dis-Chem has partnered with Lancet Laboratories for the antibody testing.