[Breaking] "Estimated 1.5 Million COVID-19 Cases in Italy... Six Times Official Count"
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] According to major foreign media on the 4th (local time), the Italian Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Statistics conducted a COVID-19 antibody test on 64,660 randomly selected individuals nationwide and estimated that approximately 1,482,000 people, or 2.5% of the entire population, have a history of virus infection.
This number is six times the cumulative confirmed cases announced by health authorities on the 4th.
Among those with antibodies, 27.3% were asymptomatic carriers, meaning they were unaware of their infection and may have transmitted the virus to others.
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The health authorities stated, "If quarantine measures are neglected, the situation could become serious."
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