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COVID infections likely to have been double the recorded figure

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The number of COVID infections at the peak of the Omicron wave earlier this year was probably 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.


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By Joe Axiaq, Phillippa Carisbrooke

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The number of COVID infections at the peak of the Omicron wave earlier this year was probably 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.



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