Israel defence minister Naftali Bennett announced that the scientists of the main biological research institute in the nation have developed an antibody against the novel coronavirus. It has been said that the development phase has been completed and the research team is moving to patent and mass production phase.

Bennett reportedly had been to the labs of the Israel's Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) which is supervised by the Prime Minister's Office. This Monday the team had showed him the antibody that attacks the coronavirus in a monoclonal way and neutralizes it within the body of patients infected with the virus.

As per the statement issued by Naftali Bennett the Israeli research team has completed the antibody development and next they're in the process of acquiring the patent for their finding following which the research team will reach out to companies for large scale commercial production of the antibody.