COVID-19: Delhi Govt.'s next round of sero-survey begins

The authorities in Delhi are all set to further analyze the coronavirus situation, Health Minister, Satyendar Jain said that third round of monthly sero- prevalence survey in the national capital will begin today. This time the government has decided to do the survey ward-wise. He said, ““The sample size is 17,000. Sampling will be complete within a week and it will take seven-ten days after that to process it,” According to the last sero-prevalence survey, which took place from August 1 to 7, antibodies against COVID-19 infection were found in 29.1 per cent of people in Delhi. Jain had announced the survey results earlier this month and had told the 15,000 representative samples were collected from 11 districts. The minister had added that the prevalence of antibodies found in women was 32.2 per cent and 28.3 per cent in men. Each team, which carried out the survey, included ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers, an auxiliary nurse midwife, a phlebotomist or a lab technician and a community volunteer. Also Read | India COVID-19 tally crosses 36-lakh mark with 69,921 new cases The idea behind the exercise was to gauge the COVID-19 situation in Delhi and to make strategies on the basis of its findings. -PTC News