Antibody testing has been lauded by officials as a crucial step in the process of restarting the economy.
On Monday, 51 days after the first coronavirus case in New York, the state has begun conducting random antibody testing, administered on consenting grocery stores patrons in different regions across the state.
“We are going to sample people in this state, thousands of people in this state, across the state to find out if they have the antibodies,” the governor said. “That will tell us, for the first time, what percent of the population actually has had the coronavirus and is now at least short-term immune to the virus. This will be the first, true snapshot of what we are really dealing with.”
Antibody testing has been lauded by officials as a crucial step in the process of restarting the economy, and identifying which people can safely return to work.
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