The numbers indicate that Alberta's testing program had identified about 17 per cent of the cases by that point, she said. Alberta invests $10M in serology testing to help track spread of COVID-19 ...

The serology testing is not the same as the swab testing that the province is currently offering. “It does not, and I repeat not, replace swab testing. It doesn’t tell us if you’re currently ...

Serology testing does have limits. For example, it can’t tell if a person is immune to COVID-19 or for how long a person might be immune, or if a person is currently sick or contagious.

Thus, serological testing should not be used to guide individual decisions about personal or occupational exposures, use of personal protective equipment and physical distancing. At present, clinical ...

This serology test has a specificity greater than 99.8% and sensitivity of 99.5% (14 days post-PCR confirmation). The Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test has the largest clinical studies ...

The first results from Alberta's serology testing show how many people in the province may have already been infected with COVID-19 By Jason Herring Published Jul 30, 2020 2 minute read ...

"Serology testing will be an important part of our future," said Henry, adding that she expects it to start in the coming weeks — before the province begins reducing restrictions to allow some ...

On Monday, Henry said B.C. does want to conduct systematic testing using blood serology exams to look for antibodies to the COVID-19 virus in the population.

However, the Safest COVID-19 test is in a long line with Health Canada, which has 100 different test methods under evaluation, including 53 serological tests similar to Victory Square Health’s ...