Preliminary results suggest nearly 6% of Montreal children tested from October to April had antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
As an overall average, 5.8% of participating children were found to have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- As an overall average, 5.8% of participating children were found to have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- By April 2021, in the third wave, 8.9% of the students tested had antibodies.
- \xe2\x80\x9cThe results also suggest that seroprevalence is higher in neighbourhoods with lower socio-economic indexes and at a greater percentage for racialized residents.
- The blood samples were taken from 354 children in daycare, 725 children in elementary schools, and 553 students in high schools.