The ‘super-immune’ residents living in an Italian town
The ‘super-immune’ residents living in an Italian town

The ‘super-immune’ residents living in an Italian town

Queenና Samuel

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<p>The small, rural Italian town of Vo' Euganeo was sealed off after recording Europe's first Covid death. But now some locals in the village have been dubbed the 'super-immunes' as their blood-tests show that they have an extraordinarily high number of antibodies which have grown rather than fallen as they've contracted&nbsp;the virus. What does this tell us about the fight against&nbsp;Covid-19?</p><br><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: </em><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/digital/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=podcastsubs&amp;utm_content=storiesofourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>. </em></p><br><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p>-Tom Whipple, Science editor at The Times.</p><p>-Tom Kington, Rome correspondent at The Times.</p><br><p>Host:&nbsp;Manveen Rana.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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