54.9% of England’s population has developed antibodies to the coronavirus, according to data recorded as of March 28. The data were disseminated by the National Statistical Institute and taken up by the BBC. Antibodies can be detected after a coronavirus infection or after the vaccine.They are proteins in the blood that recognize specific infections and fight them.
The percentages are 49.1% in Wales, 54.5% in Northern Ireland and 46% in Scotland. “There is a clear relationship between vaccination and positive antibody testing, however antibody detection alone is not a precise measure of vaccine protection,” said the statistical office, “it is possible that antibody levels in some people are too short to be detected by the tests, but high enough to guarantee a level of protection. “
More than one in two people in England are estimated to have coronavirus antibodies, according to a population sample in the week ending March 28. The figure is largely unchanged compared to the previous two weeks and derives from both vaccinations (over 40 million doses administered in the country including 8 million boosters) and healings.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph, engaged in a campaign to accelerate post lockdown reopening, indicates – by processing data from the Ons itself – the share of deaths counted in recent weeks for Covid for which the infection would be only a non-determining contributing cause.