Jrob This is the entire section on Italy, then they go to unrelated news from other countries
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-only-10-of-italians-have-antibodies-xf7rfxlcq
Only about 10 per cent of Italians have developed coronavirus antibodies, meaning that herd immunity is far from being reached and the concept of “immunity passports” is unrealisable,
a senior Italian official said.
“To get herd immunity, about 80 per cent of the population need to have been in contact with the virus, so that target is far off,”
Silvio Brusaferro, the head of Italy’s national health institute, said.
The idea of allowing the holders of an immunity passport to return to work has been proposed by experts, but with so few eligible, the idea appears a non-starter.
That has not stopped numerous Italian regional governments, which have autonomous control over healthcare,
from launching their own antibody bloodtesting programmes,
while the national government is also planning to launch its own scheme.
One expert warned that antibody testing is still unreliable.
"We tested 100 people who had had the virus, and should have antibodies, but according to the results only 30 to 40 per cent did,”
Andrea Crisanti, an Italian virus expert at Padua University, said.
On Thursday, Italy registered 525 deaths over the previous 24 hours, taking the total to 22,170,
the second highest death toll in the world after the US.