COVID infections likely to have been double the recorded figure

A new study, which examined antibody levels among blood donors, also found younger age groups had the highest rate of unreported infections.

Members of the public are tested at a COVID-19 testing centre in Melbourne, Friday, March 18, 2022. Source: AAP

Highlights

• The survey examined 5,000 samples from blood donors - looking for antibodies specific to infection - not vaccination.
• It found, by the end of February, at least 17% of the population had recently been infected, among younger age groups that figure rose to 27%
• Another team of researchers at Queensland Health and QIMR Berghofer are trying to determine why people have widely varying immune responses to the Covid-19 vaccine and the virus itself.

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