/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11490/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-study-offers-first-glimpse-how-widespread-covid-19-antibodies-are-canadas-adult-population-323356 <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> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:33:27 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 228368 at /newsroom