The single-prick blood test is used to determine whether a person had COVID-19 in the past and formed antibodies against the disease.

FILE: A healthcare worker organises COVID-19 tests that were just administered at United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site in Houston, Texas Thursday, 25 June 2020. Picture: AFP.

CAPE TOWN – A COVID-19 antibody test that will help to better understand the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country will soon be available.

SAHPRA, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority earlier this month authorised innovative products supplier TipTop Trade to distribute the Orient Gene COVID-19 tests locally.