The overall goal is to study the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection over the period of one year in the blood of a representative cohort of ETH students/employees.
Inclusion Criteria:
- ETH employee or ETH student and their family members living in the same household at
the start of the study
- Between 18 and 64 years of age at the start of the study
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age over 64 years at the start of the study
- In quarantine or self-confinement at the start of the study
- Active COVID-19 infection at the start of the study:
- Diagnosed with a laboratory test
- Suspected based on typical symptoms such as fever (>38°C), acute pulmonary
ex-acerbation or sudden loss of gustatory taste
- The following medical condition
- With continuous steroid therapy/ chemotherapy/immunsuppressive therapy
- In treatment for cancer
- With severe autoimmune disease
ETH
Zürich, Switzerland