Alberta investing $10M in serology testing to help track spread of COVID-19

Alberta is investing $10 million into serology testing as part of the effort to track COVID-19 in the province. Serology testing differs from the swab testing currently being done in that it checks for antibodies in the blood, which shows whether someone has been exposed to the virus in the past. Swab testing can only check whether someone currently has the virus. The funding will be used in four voluntary public health studies, which will serologically test specific groups of Albertans for the