Some people who test positive will be sent antibody tests in scheme to measure body’s response to different variants
Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19, according to a statement Saturday.
Jackson, 79, has been vaccinated against Covid-19 and received his initial dose in January. He and his wife, 77, are being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
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People in the UK will be able to receive Covid-19 antibody tests for the first time next week as part of a new government programme.
