Contact: Leigh Hopper, USC Media Relations, uscnews@usc.edu or (213) 740-2215;

Carl Kemp, LA County Public Health Communications, ckemp@ph.lacounty.gov or (323) 365-7260

For Immediate Release:
April 20, 2020

MEDIA AVAILABILITY

Lead Scientists in USC-LA County Study to Discuss Early Results of Groundbreaking Antibody Testing of Select Cases in LA County: Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Cases Higher than Previously Estimated

Los Angeles (April 20, 2020) – USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today will release preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread – and the fatality rate much lower — in L.A. County than previously thought.

The results are from the first round of an ongoing study by USC researchers and Public Health officials. They will be conducting antibody testing over time on a series of representative samples of adults to determine the scope and spread of the pandemic across the county.

Lead scientists will be available for an in-depth discussion and to answer questions related to this important research.

WHEN:

Monday, April 20, 2020 at 2:30PM

WHERE:

Live via WebEx. Click: https://bit.ly/2wM7jpo to register and join via computer or smart phone. When prompted, enter the information requested and the event password: DPH-USC

WHO:

Dr. Neeraj Sood, Professor & Senior Fellow

USC Price School for Public Policy

USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics

                            

Dr. Paul Simon, Chief Science Officer

LA County Department of Public Health

CONTACT:

LA County Department of Public Health | (213) 240-8144 | media@ph.lacounty.gov

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