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India halts China-made antibody tests after suspect results

Two-day pause comes as South Korean firm starts local production of kits

Workers wearing protective gear handle medicines at medicine shop in Kolkata, India.   © Reuters

NEW DELHI -- India's top medical research body has asked the country's states to stop using Chinese-made coronavirus antibody tests for two days following reports of doubtful reliability.

Chinese manufacturers Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics supplied these testing kits and are now being investigated by the Indian Council of Medical Research, according to media reports.

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