Dr. Brian Conway has previously conducted HIV and hepatitis C screening on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and now he's turning his attention to COVID-19. There are approximately 15,000 residents crammed into 30 square blocks in Vancouver's poorest neighbourhood, but only a handful of confirmed COVID-19 cases. There's another intriguing possibility: that Downtown Eastside residents have some form of resistance to the potentially deadly virus. COVID-19 recovery facility had just 3 patientsSocial advocates on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say they, too, have been baffled by the lack of reported COVID-19 cases. Edith Delmo, 60, wants to know why it took so long to start testing for coronavirus antibodies in DTES.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2020 07:52 UTC