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Chinese population at low level of COVID-19 infection: National epidemiological serum survey
Published: Dec 28, 2020 04:59 PM

Passengers walk in Jianghan Road Metro Station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. File photo: Xinhua



China's CDC has completed a national epidemiological survey of COVID-19 serum and concluded that the coronavirus infection is at low level among Chinese population.

The survey was conducted among some 34,000 people over a month after China contained the 1st wave COVID-19 outbreak. It shows positive rate of coronavirus antibodies in Wuhan was 4.43%; but in Hubei outside Wuhan, it was 0.44%. Only 2 tested positive among 12,000 outside Hubei.