"Are there more than ten times the number of reports depending on the region affected by rice?"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States investigated whether there were antibodies against the new coronavirus in the blood of residents in 10 regions of the United States, and the number of infected people was reported to be several to more than ten times as high as the number of infected persons. It has been shown that a person may already be infected.
CDC says that it is not known whether infection can be prevented even with antibodies, and it continues to be important to take measures against infection, such as washing hands and wearing a mask.
The US CDC and health authorities in each state will use blood tests conducted by private laboratories in 10 regions of the United States from March to June this year to see if there are new coronavirus antibodies in the blood of residents. I investigated.
As a result, New York City detected antibodies in 6.9% in mid-March, 23.2% in early May, and in the neighboring state of Connecticut, around 5%. It means that the antibody was detected from the person.
In Missouri, where the number of infected people is relatively low, antibodies were detected in 2.8% of people in late May, and CDC is actually reported by people who are presumed to be infected by region. It is said that there is a possibility that the number of people will increase from several times to over ten times.
On the other hand, CDC says that it is not known whether infection can be prevented even if there is an antibody, and it continues to say that basic infection control measures such as washing hands, wearing masks and avoiding contact with people are important. ..