Large-scale antibody testing of new corona in U.S. estimates of population proportion of infected people 7:09 on April 11
A large-scale test for antibodies in human blood has begun in western California to estimate how much of the population will be infected with the new coronavirus.
An antibody test is a test to determine if a person has been infected with a virus in the past by checking the amount of antibodies, a substance produced by an immune response to the virus in the blood of the person.
Health officials in Los Angeles County, Western California, have announced that they will work with local universities to conduct a large-scale antibody test for new coronavirus on humans starting Tuesday.
The test was performed on 1,000 adults in a randomly selected county, setting up a drive-through test site, collecting blood every two weeks to check antibody levels, and confirming past infections. Find out if there is anything.
The tests, which will take place over the next few weeks, will provide a more accurate estimate of the spread of the new coronavirus and the proportion of people already immunized in the population.
Such antibody tests are planned across the United States, and NIH = Dr. Anthony Fouch, head of the New Coronavirus Control Program at the National Institutes of Health, said, "How much infection has spread to society before people resume their activities. It is important to know that inspections are important as a criterion for lifting restrictions on out-of-home residents and restrictions on store operations.