USC, L.A. County COVID-19 Antibody Tests Conducted at Performing Arts Center
Drivers line up in their cars for COVID-19 antibody testing Saturday, May 9 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. The research is being conducted by USC and the L.A. County Dept. of Public Health. (Photo courtesy of BCHD) The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center served as a test site for a team from the Keck School of Medicine at USC and L.A. County public health officials, who conducted drive-thru antibody testing this past Friday and Saturday as part of a COVID-19 Serosurveillance Study. 125 individuals were tested at the location over the two days. The testing is part of the second round of an ongoing study by researchers from USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. They will be conducting antibody testing over time on a series of representative samples of adults, selected at random, to determine the scope and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the county. The results will have important implications for public health efforts to control the local epidemic. “We haven’t known the true extent of COVID-19 infections in our community because we have only tested people with symptoms, and the availability of tests has been limited,” lead investigator…
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