The true extent of the coronavirus spread in Finland had flown under the radar due to insufficient testing during the first wave of the pandemic, the latest antibodies test report has revealed.
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) began testing for antibodies in early April when the country was first hit by the outbreak. Although the proportion of people with antibodies has “remained low,” the results indicate that “there were roughly 1.5 to five times more infections compared to confirmed clinical cases obtained from the National infectious diseases register… during the first epidemic wave in spring,” the THL said in a statement on Wednesday.
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