The sun is only just rising in Berlin but Lothar Kopp, 65, is already standing in line outside a clinic in the district of Reinickendorf. Along with a handful of mask-clad people standing two metres apart, he is here to give a blood sample -- for antibody tests in the hope of finding out if he has previously
Berlin - The sun is only just rising in Berlin but Lothar Kopp, 65, is already standing in line outside a clinic in the district of Reinickendorf.
As nations around the world look to ease curbs on public life, some experts have mooted the possibility of so-called"immunity passports" to allow those who have antibodies to return to work first.Elsewhere in the world, efforts are also under way to determine the so-called level of immunity in the population.
But experts including from the World Health Organization have urged caution over the accuracy of the nascent tests. Matthias Orth, a board member of the Professional Association of German Laboratory Doctors , said inaccuracies are a big problem."There are also quite banal coronaviruses that do not cause serious illness, and they can give a positive result."
Nevertheless, the studies, including one that started in Munich over the weekend with scientists picking 3,000 households at random to test for antibodies, are being closely watched.
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