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Thousands of people to take part in UK study tracking coronavirus

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The British government announced plans Thursday for a major study to track coronavirus in the general population, with as many as 300,000 people expected to take part within a year.

In a first phase, a representative sample of 25,000 people will be regularly tested using self-administered nose and throat swabs, to establish if they currently have Covid-19.

Regular blood samples will also be taken from adults from around 1,000 households to help assess how many people have developed antibodies.

Initial findings could be available in early May, the health ministry said, and would likely inform the government's decisions on how to ease a month-long nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the virus.

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