The study could help cities understand how better to track and control the epidemic, but experts say that testing needs to expand dramatically.
As COVID-19 testing has gradually increased in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled on Monday a coronavirus study set to start in June or July that will examine up to 325,000 people in 25 cities over the next 18 months.
Each month for 12 months, the study will examine blood from 1,000 donors in 25 metro areas. Then, at 18 months, researchers will test blood from another 25,000 donors. The samples will be taken from"regular, altruistic" blood donors, according to Dr. Michael Busch, director of the nonprofit Vitalant Research Institute, which is leading a preliminary version of the study, according to Reuters.
The preliminary study involves Boston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle and its next phase will likely add Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Miami, New Orleans and St. Louis. All sites have been chosen to provide a"broad geographical distribution" throughout the U.S., and could be incorporated into the CDC's study too.
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