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Italy begins immunity trials in Lombardy.

Italy has launched a campaign to conduct blood tests to discover who has already developed antibodies to the new coronavirus. The so-called "antibody test" or "serological test" indicates whether a person has already been infected by a virus and has developed immunity.

Italy is the third country with the highest number of coronavirus cases, behind the US and Spain (Photo: Manuel Silvestri - Reuters)

247 - Italy launched a campaign on Thursday, April 23rd, to conduct blood tests in order to discover who has already developed antibodies to the new coronavirus. Italians hope this measure will allow for greater control over the pandemic and a relaxation of the quarantine, which has been in effect in the country since March 9th. information It's from the newspaper Estado de S.Paulo. 

The so-called "antibody test" or "serological test" indicates whether a person has already been infected by a virus and has developed immunity against the infection. The campaign promoted in Italy aims to investigate precisely who already has immunity to the new coronavirus, and will begin in Lombardy, the most affected region in the north of the country.