With 28000 samples 7th Covid serosurvey in Delhi to be largest exercise Jain
New Delhi Sep 25 PTI In total 28000 samples will be collected for the seventh Covid serosurvey making it the largest exercise in the national capital that seeks to determine the prevalence of antibodies among the populace Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on SaturdayThe survey got underway on September 24 According to sources vaccination history will be collected from the participants of the survey A large segment of the city population has already received anti-coronavirus vaccine dosesThe previous survey was conducted a few months ago when Delhi was reeling under the brutal second wave of the pandemicJain on Saturday told reporters that a total of 28000 samples will be collected as part of the seventh round of the serological surveyDelhi has 272 municipal wards plus eight under the Delhi Cantonment Board From each of these wards 100 samples will be collected So it will be by far the largest such exercise he saidThe samples will be collected in a week It will take another week to prepare the report Jain addedDelhi has a population of over 2 crore spread across 11 districtsAccording to Delhis vaccination bulletin issued on Friday over 167 crore doses have been administered to date and it includes over 11 crore first doses and over 51 lakh second dosesThe fifth serosurvey had found that the prevalence of coronavirus antibodies was over 50 per cent According to experts herd immunity is said to have been developed in a population segment if 50-60 per cent are found to have anti-bodies in a serosurveyThe first sero-prevalence survey conducted last year from June 27-July 10 by the Delhi government in association with the National Centre for Disease Control had used 21387 samples and found that around 23 per cent of the people surveyed had exposure to the novel coronavirusThe exercise in August 2020 showed 291 per cent of people had coronavirus antibodies In the surveys of September and October last year the figures stood at251 per cent and 255 per cent respectivelyThe exercises have been undertaken for a comprehensive assessment of the COVID-19 situation in Delhi and to formulate strategies based on its findings PTI KND NSD NSD
New Delhi Sep 25 PTI In total 28000 samples will be collected for the seventh Covid serosurvey making it the largest exercise in the national capital that seeks to determine the prevalence of antibodies among the populace Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on SaturdayThe survey got underway on September 24 According to sources vaccination history will be collected from the participants of the survey A large segment of the city population has already received anti-coronavirus vaccine dosesThe previous survey was conducted a few months ago when Delhi was reeling under the brutal second wave of the pandemicJain on Saturday told reporters that a total of 28000 samples will be collected as part of the seventh round of the serological surveyDelhi has 272 municipal wards plus eight under the Delhi Cantonment Board From each of these wards 100 samples will be collected So it will be by far the largest such exercise he saidThe samples will be collected in a week It will take another week to prepare the report Jain addedDelhi has a population of over 2 crore spread across 11 districtsAccording to Delhis vaccination bulletin issued on Friday over 167 crore doses have been administered to date and it includes over 11 crore first doses and over 51 lakh second dosesThe fifth serosurvey had found that the prevalence of coronavirus antibodies was over 50 per cent According to experts herd immunity is said to have been developed in a population segment if 50-60 per cent are found to have anti-bodies in a serosurveyThe first sero-prevalence survey conducted last year from June 27-July 10 by the Delhi government in association with the National Centre for Disease Control had used 21387 samples and found that around 23 per cent of the people surveyed had exposure to the novel coronavirusThe exercise in August 2020 showed 291 per cent of people had coronavirus antibodies In the surveys of September and October last year the figures stood at251 per cent and 255 per cent respectivelyThe exercises have been undertaken for a comprehensive assessment of the COVID-19 situation in Delhi and to formulate strategies based on its findings PTI KND NSD NSD
