Coronavirus Latest: Chester County To Begin Antibody Testing This Week

Crystal Cranmore reports.

CLEANING IS RELATED TO THELIEUTENANT WALKER'S INFECTIONSMEANWHILE, CHESTER COUNTYOFFICIALS ARE IMPLEMENTING NEWKIND OF TESTING THIS WEEK INTHEIR BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCRYSTAL CRANMORE JOINING USLIVE THIS MORNING, FROM WESTCHESTER WITH THE DETAILS ONTHAT, GOOD MORNING, CRYSTAL.Reporter: GOOD MORNING,JANELLE, CHESTER COUNTYOFFICIALS LOOK AT ANTIBODYTESTING WHICH COULD DETERMINEWHO MIGHT BE IMMUNE, TO THEVIRUS.NOW THERE IS TEST WILLING NOTREPLACE THE COVID-19 TESTING,THAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THEREGION WHICH COULD ONLY TELLIF SOMEONE CURRENTLY HAS THENOW LEADERS SAY THIS IS ACRITICAL STEP IN EXTRA STEP INTHE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE TESTSWILL DETERMINE IF SOMEONE HASBEEN INCH IF FERN EXPECTEDPHONE SHE WAS ASYMPTOMATIC,AND ABLE TO ALLOW RESEARCHERSTO GET CLEAR LOOK AT JUST HOWFAR THIS VIRUS HAS SPREAD.NOW THE ANTIBODY TEST, WINPRICK BLOOD TEST, WILL BEGINTHIS WEEK STARTING WITHPRIORITY INDIVIDUALS AT THECHESTER COUNTY PRISON.HOME, AND CHESTER COUNTY YOUTHCENTER.NATIONAL LEADERS SAY THE FD AAND CDC CURRENTLY IN THEPROCESS OF VALIDATING ANTIBODYTEST BEFORE THEY FEELCOMFORTABLE MAKING ITAVAILABLE TO MILLIONS OFAMERICANS AS EARLY AS MAY.NOW, LOCAL HEALTHCAREPROVIDERS SAY POSITIVE RESULTSCAN HELP ALLEVE ATE SOMESTRESS.THAT MIGHT HELP US, ANDSHOW US, WE ARE AT DECREASEDRISK FORGETTING THIS DISEASE,GIVE US MORE CONFIDENCE INHELPING PEOPLE ACTUALLY SICKRIGHT NOW WITH IT.NOW, IN THE COMING WEEKS,ABILITY I AM BODY TESTS WILLBE MIDVALE TONIGHT HEALTHCAREPROVIDERS AS WELL AS FIRSTRESPONDERS, WITH THE ULTIMATEHOPE MAKING IT AVAILABLE TOTHE GENERAL PUBLIC.