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First glimpse of Canada's true COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July from immunity testing

from CBC News

First glimpse of Canada's true COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July from immunity testing CBC News The national immunity task force has started testing thousands of blood samples for COVID-19 antibodies and should be able to produce a more detailed picture of how many Canadians have been infected with the novel coronavirus within a couple of weeks. It will be much longer, however, before we know more about what kind of protection against future infection having the antibodies provides, said Dr. Timothy Evans, executive director of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Plus, he said, most of the people whose blood is being tested will not be informed of the results because of how the blood is being collected for testing. READ MORE

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