New Delhi: The next round of sero-prevalence survey in the national capital started today. Authorities expect that the five-day exercise would comprehensively analyse the Covid-19 situation in Delhi.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had announced that after analysing the results of the last survey, it was decided that more such exercises would be undertaken every month to formulate better policies for tackling the Covid-19 situation in the city.
A serological survey involves testing of blood serum of individuals to check for the prevalence of antibodies against an infection.
Recently, indicating many people in Mumbai would already be affected by Covid-19 than the official tally suggests, a sero-surveillance study done in the capital city of Maharashtra had revealed that 57 per cent of slum population and 16 per cent of non-slum residents in three civic wards had developed antibodies.
According to the study, 57 per cent of slum population and 16 per cent of non-slum residents in these civic wards had developed antibodies.
In a statement, the BMC said, “these results will be valuable to learn more about herd immunity.”