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Julia Wong reports on Tuesday’s Alberta Health COVID-19 update, where the province said $10M is going to COVID-19 antibody serology testing, Dr.Deena Hinshaw said an outbreak has been declared at the Misericordia hospital in Edmonton, and 45 new COVID-19 cases were announced.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Alberta labs are in the final stages of validating several different types of serology tests, which will show if a person has been exposed to the virus and possibly be immune. However, Hinshaw said there is not enough evidence yet on the testing and cautioned people against trusting over-the-counter products claiming...

Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates the first results of COVID-19 serology testing in Alberta.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday they would be using an executive order to expand who is eligible to conduct COVID-19 antibody tests, saying it would help increase the number of serological tests conducted which test a person to see if they’ve already developed antibodies for the novel coronavirus.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Wednesday that serology testing has shown that some 90 per cent of the U.S. population is still at risk of contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the province is looking at serology testing for COVID-19 that could show infections before Alberta’s first confirmed case.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains how Alberta labs have tested several different types of serology tests and that it takes time to come up with one standardized test to be used widely across Canada that can be trusted for accurate information.

There’s been a spike in Edmonton zone COVID-19 cases that Dr. Deena Hinshaw said are linked to private family gatherings. The news comes as the province will decide this week on the Stage 2 relaunch date. Julia Wong has more on that, plus details on how the provincial lab is in the process of procuring...

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announces the province is investing $10 million into targeted serology testing for COVID-19.

Speaking to reporters at her COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Heny shared data from a serology study released Wednesday. Research showed a low community spread of COVID-19 in the province and confirmed many British Columbians do not have antibodies.

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses the province’s plans to roll out COVID-19 serology testing.

In the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment for COVID- 19 – reliable serology testing can be a key element to control the further spread of the virus. One of the authors of a study on serology testing and the founder and managing director at Novateur Ventures Ali Ardakani joined Sonia Deol on BC1...

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health releases findings from the province’s second round of COVID-19 serology testing.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he plans to get an antibody test that would detect whether he was ever infected with the novel coronavirus.