抗体保有率、東京１．３５％　新型コロナ、集団免疫遠く―厚労省確定値

　厚生労働省は３０日、昨年１２月に５都府県で実施した新型コロナウイルスへの感染歴を調べる抗体検査の確定値を公表した。検査は２回目で、東京都の陽性率（保有率）は１．３５％、大阪府０．６９％、愛知県０．７１％などとなった。東京は昨年６月実施の初回と比べて１３．５倍に増えた。
　厚労省は「地域差があるものの、依然として多くの人が抗体を保有していないことが確認された」とし、国民の多くが感染して抗体を持ち流行が収まる「集団免疫」状態には遠いと指摘。「引き続き基本的な感染防止対策の継続が推奨される」と評価した。（2021/03/30-11:43）

Only 1.35 pct of people in Tokyo tested positive for antibodies against the novel coronavirus, the final report of a test conducted by the Japanese health ministry showed Tuesday.
   The antibody test, the second of its kind, was carried out between Dec. 14 and 26 last year, covering residents with consent in five of the country's 47 prefectures.
   The rate in Tokyo increased 13.5-fold from the level marked in the first survey, conducted in June 2020.
   The latest possession rate stood at 0.69 pct in the western prefecture of Osaka, 0.71 pct in the central prefecture of Aichi, 0.14 pct in the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi and 0.42 pct in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka.
   "Although the rate is different among prefectures, it has been confirmed that many people still do not have antibodies," the ministry said, pointing out that people in Japan are far from a state of "herd immunity," in which most of the people are infected and have antibodies, and the epidemic has subsided.