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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sean Morrison, Harriet Brewis, Rebecca Speare-Cole

UK coronavirus LIVE: Immunity ‘passports’ plan as millions of antibody tests on order for health workers

Immunity certificates for those who have recovered from coronavirus are being considered by the Government to free people from social distancing.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed “systems of certification” were being developed to allow people to begin a return to some form of normality.

It comes as the Government confirmed it had ordered 10 million antibody tests to be rolled out over the next few months.

Meanwhile, Mr Hancock said that a new coronavirus test that gives results in just 20 minutes is being trialled in the UK.

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