A new joint study from the University of British Columbia, the B.C. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, is the first in Canada to report estimates of coronavirus antibodies in the general population. Using sero-prevalence research (looking for antibodies in the blood samples of a random group of people), it estimates less than one per cent of British Columbians were infected with coronavirus by the time first wave restrictions were eased in May. Dix praised all British Columbians for their efforts in flattening the curve. "If, in fact, there is a low sero-prevalance of protective antibodies against [coronavirus] then that does leave us vulnerable to further infections."

Source: CBC News July 16, 2020 00:51 UTC