Governor: Antibody survey shows wide exposure to virus in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday, offering insight that could help authorities decide how and how quickly to let people stop isolating from friends and return to work.
Blood samples collected from about 3,000 people indicated that nearly 14% had developed antibodies to fight a coronavirus infection, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his daily news briefing.
In New York City, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., 21% of the people tested had antibodies.
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This tells me some local leaders and health officials may have had an idea, how widespread this virus was, but kept telling us “your risk remains low” of getting COVID-19, now we find out possibly a million may have been infected early on, since it began in NYC.