Living with coronavirus! can the immunoglobulin report (Immunity certificate)‎ help?

Abstract EN

In December 2019 from Wuhan, China, a respiratory disease emerged and soon spread to different parts of the world.

It was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and a pandemic on 30 January 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The available test usually measures the binding antibodies and not neutralizing antibodies (NAB); therefore, we could not be sure whether these antibodies will protect against re-infection or not.

However, in many viral diseases, total antibody responses usually correlate with NAB and we may consider it to be the same.

Considering the huge economic impact the pandemic has and a successful vaccine seems distant in the near future, the world needs to learn to live with corona, as the impact of joblessness, economic recession, and hunger will kill more than the virus itself.