Babylon Health sell COVID-19 Antibody Test kits

Babylon have started selling COVID-19 Antibody Test kits for £69. Download the Babylon app to order your test kit. Once, downloaded, register and go to the Me tab where you will be able to purchase a test kit.
COVID-19 Antibody Test kits
If you’re wondering whether you’ve already had COVID-19 or not, our antibody test can help. The test is easy to do at home and is a finger prick, lab-analysed blood test.
What will this test tell me?
Antibodies are formed as part of your body’s immune response to an infection. Your blood sample will be examined in a lab for IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These antibodies tend to be found in your blood 21 days after your symptoms of COVID-19 started. If your blood contains these antibodies, it is likely you’ve had the infection.
What this test won’t tell me
As COVID-19 is a new disease, we don’t yet know if having these IgG antibodies means you are immune or how long you might be immune for.
Research is currently being done on how the immune system responds to this coronavirus and we will know more as time goes by. At Babylon, we will provide you with the latest government and scientific advice on our website, as things develop.
This test is unlikely to tell you if you’re currently infected (as it can take up to 21 days for your body to make IgG antibodies) and you may test negative if you’ve had COVID-19 in the last 21 days.
How accurate is this test?
The laboratory that Babylon are working with is currently reporting a sensitivity of 98.5% and specificity of 99.5% for the test.
This means that:
Of 1000 people who have had COVID-19, 985 will correctly test positiveOf 1000 people who have not had COVID-19, 995 will correctly test negative.
Babylon does not take any responsibility for the accuracy of the results provided by the laboratory.
How long will the results take?
From the time your sample reaches the lab, it takes 24-48 hours to process your test.
The time it takes for you to get your result depends on how long it takes for your sample to reach the lab. This is variable at the moment. Some postal deliveries are delayed due to COVID-19.
Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate is the test?
Babylon has partnered with an independent laboratory for this test, which meets ISO 15189 standards. This laboratory reports that this test has:
98.5% sensitivity. This means that among 1000 people who have had COVID-19, 985 of them will correctly test positive. For 15 of these 1000 people who have had COVID-19, the result will come back negative - this is called a false negative. This means that 15 out of 1000 people will think they don’t have antibodies to COVID-19, but in fact they do.
99.5% specificity. This means that among 1000 people who have not had COVID-19, 995 of them will correctly test negative. For 5...