Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - blood /channels/news_feeds/all/term/blood/rss en New study offers first glimpse into how widespread COVID-19 antibodies are in Canada’s adult population /channels/channels/news/new-study-offers-first-glimpse-how-widespread-covid-19-antibodies-are-canadas-adult-population-323356 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Today, <a href="http://www.blood.ca/">Canadian Blood Services</a> and Canada’s <a href="http://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/">COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF)</a> are releasing initial results of the first 10,000 blood donor samples assessed for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. This analysis reveals that over the period May 9 through June 8, 2020, fewer than 1 per cent of the 10,000 samples from blood donors tested positive for antibodies to the novel coronavirus.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1214381527.jpg?itok=clJYib02" width="160" height="69" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:00:49 +0000 webfull 162100 at /channels