He recalled that on May 15 in Moscow "a large-scale study of population immunity associated with the spread of coronavirus infection began."
“It is carried out by the Moscow government. Today we have more than 50 thousand surveys of Muscovites, ”Trip quoted Khripuna as saying.
He said this was a “random sampling survey,” and stated that “50,000 is just the beginning.”
Khripun added that “preliminary it can be said that of more than 50 thousand examined in 12.5% of Moscow residents, antibodies, immunoglobulin G, were detected.”
He explained that this "indicates that these people are forming or have already formed immunity to coronavirus."
Earlier it was reported that more than 8.4 million tests for COVID-19 were conducted in Russia.
Earlier, State Duma deputy psychiatrist Boris Mendelevich commented on the need for large-scale testing of the country's population for coronavirus in an interview with the FAN.