WASHINGTON (Reuters)– A U.S. Navy examination into the spread of the coronavirus aboard the Theodore Roosevelt warship has discovered that about 60 percent of sailors tested had antibodies for the virus, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, recommending a far higher infection rate than previously understood
In April, the Navy and the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC) began carrying out serology tests to look for the existence of particular antibodies that are developed by the body immune system’s attack response to the presence of the virus and remain in the blood for a period of time.
More than 1,100 aboard checked positive for the infection as of April, less than 25 percent of the crew.
The spread of the virus on the ship took into movement a series of occasions that caused the captain of the ship being eased of his command after the leakage of a letter