PADUA, Italy: Authorities in northern Italy have begun testing health workers for antibodies that may help identify individuals with immunity to ...
Health workers wearing protective gears keep swabs in tubes taken from drivers, as the spread of the coronavirus continues, in Giugliano in Campania, Italy. REUTERS/Ciro De LucaPADUA, Italy: Authorities in northern Italy have begun testing health workers for antibodies that may help identify individuals with immunity to the coronavirus as they look for ways to ease the lockdown imposed a month ago to contain the epidemic.
Zaia said the aim would ultimately be to allow authorities to issue"licences" for individuals with proven immunity to the virus to return to work.The tests come as the number of deaths and infections has flattened out and the government has begun considering the so-called phase 2 stage of the crisis, when businesses and industry closed during the lockdown can start to reopen.
But in the absence of a cure or vaccine, the response has been hampered by the many unknown aspects of the virus and uncertainty over whether immunity can be developed against it.
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