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Israel - Press Releases Results of the National Serological Survey for Novel Coronavirus

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General Info
Geography 
Israel (ISR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
07/2020 - 09/2020
Data type
Summary 

Under the guidance of the Minister of Health, Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein, the Ministry of Health carried out a national serological survey between July and September 2020 in order to assess the presence of novel coronavirus antibody rates in the Israeli population. According to this survey, the prevalence of coronavirus antibodies in the sampled population was 3.8% (5.5% following the comparison of various variables with their prevalence in the general population in Israel).