Health
New test shows thousands more Australians have likely had the virus – Australian Times
A highly sensitive blood test developed at the ANU indicates many people who believe they never had the virus were actually infected.
Many thousands more Australians likely had the coronavirus than the official numbers show. But nobody knew about it as the cases were undetected.
Now a new test developed by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) that detects previous infection in a persons blood may help authorities get a better grasp of the illness and may also assist in determining determine whether herd immunity exists or not.
Eight out of every 3,000 unknowingly infected
Details released on Wednesday by …
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