Timberwolves, Mayo Clinic team up against COVID-19

Timberwolves, Mayo Clinic team up against COVID-19

Lea./// the minnesota timberwolves and mayo clinic are teaming up against covi?

19 by conducting a study on all 30 ??a teams. kimt news three sports director kaleb gillock joins us with what the two are hoping to achieve.xxx katie and georg?

Covi?

19 hits especially close to home for the minnesota timberwolves after the passing of kar?anthony towns' mother due to the virus.

As practice facilities around the league are beginning to open?

Including the timberwolves tomorrow?

The organization is partnering with mayo clinic to conduct a leaguewide study to assess antibodies in ?

?a personnel to help identify who might be at a lower risk of contracting the virus.

Team doctor?

Robby sikkas?

Explains what they hope to learn from this.xxx what has happened in the past is what antibody testing will tell us and there's certainly a role for that in epidemiolgic evaluation and opening up to certain parts of the country and understanding really where we are relative to herd immunity which is not close.

The test will require blood samples through a finger prick and blood draw.

The end goal is to identify which league employees who were asymptomatic with the virus... and to possibly map the spread of the disease in the league.

Thank you kaleb.

The study is expected to be complete sometime during the month of