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WELL Health Launches Direct-to-Consumer COVID-19 Antibody Tests in Ontario via Tia Health
WELL Health Launches Direct-to-Consumer COVID-19 Antibody Tests in Ontario via Tia Health...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n WELL Health Launches Direct-to-Consumer COVID-19 Antibody Tests in Ontario via Tia Health\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n and\n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n Dec. 3, 2020\n \n /CNW/ - WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (\"\n \n WELL\n \n \" or the \"\n \n Company\n \n \"), is pleased to announce that:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WELL has launched a direct-to-consumer online service for the sale and support of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Antibody Tests in the Province of\n \n Ontario\n \n .\n \n \n Eligible patients can obtain a doctor's requisition for the Antibody test via Tia Health on a 24/7 basis, for\n \n $70\n \n per test.\n \n \n Once a requisition is obtained the patient will be able to have their sample collected at a leading national medical laboratory and diagnostics company and can access the results online.\n \n \n \n WELL via its Tia Health subsidiary, has partnered with a leading national medical laboratory to provide eligible patients with online medical consultations and requisitions for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Antibody Testing.  Through its partner, WELL is offering a highly accurate\n \n (1)\n \n blood test to provide information on the SARS-CoV-2 immune response in previously diagnosed patients and to help identify individuals who have been exposed to the virus but not diagnosed with molecular testing. Such tests are available with a doctor's requisition and determine the presence of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in a patient's blood.\n \n \n \"We are very pleased to be providing this Health Canada approved Antibody Test,\" said Dr.\n \n Michael Frankel\n \n , Chief Medical Officer of WELL.  \"We believe these approved COVID-19 Antibody Testing procedures offer great accuracy in detecting the presence of antibodies related to COVID-19.  In some cases, patients may not have been officially diagnosed but would be interested in knowing if they have been exposed to the virus and that they have antibodies.\"\n \n \n Speaking directly with a Tia Health doctor by phone, video, or secur...