Great interest in Covid-19 antibody testing, results unreliable

Ljubljana, 5 July - Many in Slovenia are interested to learn whether they had a past infection with the virus that causes Covid-19, but Institute of Microbiology and Immunology head Miroslav Petrovec says that there is no standard test for the antibodies and that it is practically impossible to talk about the reliability of such results.

Ljubljana Miroslav Petrovec, the head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology at the Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA File photo

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Miroslav Petrovec, the head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology at the Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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