Half Of England Now Has Antibodies

More than half of people in England are now thought to have antibodies against coronavirus, says the Office for National Statistics.

- Hanna Geissler

It estimated that almost 55 per cent of people in private households had virus-fighting antibodies in the week to March 14.

Antibodies, which help the body ward off invading pathogens, are present either through infection or vaccination. In this case most will be through vaccination – with 30 million people in the UK having received at least one dose.

A testing survey revealed the figure was 51 per cent had the antibodies in Wales, 49 per cent in Northern Ireland and 43 per cent in Scotland.