The figure is far greater than the official tally of 315,000 cases in the UK and comes from results of the world’s largest home testing programme.People in London were most likely to have antibodies to the virusData from Imperial College London revealed that six per cent of England’s population had already been infected by the virus by July 13.
Professor Graham Cooke, the research professor of infectious diseases and research lead at Imperial said while the numbers are still “relatively small” a complete relaxation of lockdown would see a resurgence of the virus. The data also revealed that 16 per cent of people working in care homes and 12 per cent of those working in health care had antibodies compared to five per cent who were not key workers.
It also found that people who live in households with more than six or seven people were more likely to have had the virus compared to those in single parent households or those living with their partner.and whether or not increases your risk of contracting the virus.
The study has been hailed as an important step in the UK’s fight against the virus and health minister Edwards Argar said studies like this are “crucial” when it comes to developing our understanding of the virus.
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It’s probably 5 times that
The asymptomatic rates of infection are saying a very different story !!! It is a novel coronavirus KILLER disease after all!!! You simply cannot have your cake and eat it here!! If you have antibodies you will be asymptomatic like kids !! They get a cold every year after all!!
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'Covid-19'? Don't you mean 'Katie Price'?
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