Cuomo: New York Will Conduct ‘Aggressive’ Antibody Testing Survey This Week

Cuomo: New York Will Conduct ‘Aggressive’ Antibody Testing Survey This Week
A group of people wear protective masks during the CCP virus pandemic in New York City on April 19, 2020. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
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New York will begin conducting “the most aggressive” antibody tests from April 20 to help determine how many people in the state were infected by the CCP virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday.

The antibody testing will confirm what percentage of the population is now immune to the virus, allowing more individuals to safely return to work as the state moves to reopen the economy in the coming weeks and months, Cuomo said.