An estimated one in seven people had antibodies to the CCP virus in England in January, according to an analysis of a nationwide blood-test survey. The analysis, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), uses blood-test data collected during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey to test for antibodies. It excludes infections reported in hospitals and care homes. In London, one in five people had antibodies—the highest in the country. In the Southwest, which had the lowest levels of infection, around 1 in 12 had antibodies. The data comes from the 28 days before Jan. 18, roughly corresponding with the peak of the virus that pushed deaths and hospitalisations to record levels. According to the ONS report, it takes two to three weeks for the body to produce enough antibodies to combat the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly called the novel coronavirus. “Once a person recovers, antibodies remain in the blood at low levels, although these …