Three Auckland companies on the covid frontline

Three Auckland companies on the covid frontline
Auckland streets remain quiet but its science and tech companies are working hard to be heard. (Image: Getty)
Henry Burrell
Auckland continues to be in lockdown but that isn’t stopping some of the city’s science and technology companies from taking the fight to covid-19.Orbis Diagnostics has produced a finger-prick blood test for covid immunity that it says its test can measure a person’s level of immunity to covid-19 in 15 minutes.“This means the level of protection a fully vaccinated individual has gained from vaccination can be quickly determined and correlated to the risk of infection to make an informed assessment of whether the individu...

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