Gurugram well being division is absolutely ready to undertake the sero surveillance survey from June 15.
Gurugram well being division is absolutely ready to undertake the sero surveillance survey from June 15, officers mentioned on Saturday. The well being authorities mentioned that the aim behind such examine is to monitor the inhabitants of Stork-Cove 2 an infection within the district.
Under the survey, the agricultural and concrete areas of the district have been divided into 20 clusters. Samples can be collected for IgG antibody check to detect whether or not folks have developed antibodies or not, they added.
Civil Surgeon Virendra Yadav mentioned that in Gurugram, sero surveillance survey is being carried out on folks of 20 completely different clusters, out of which 8 clusters are in city and 12 clusters in rural areas. The examine can be carried out on 400 folks of the district.
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“20 people will be taken from each cluster, out of which 12 samples above the age of 18 years, 6 samples in the age group of 10 to 17 years and 2 children in the age group of 6 to 9 years will be taken,” Yadav mentioned.
“With this test, we can figure out if any person was infected with Covid and later got recovered. It will also be known whether antibodies to Covid infection have been developed in his body or not,” District Surveillance Officer Jai Prakash instructed IANS.
Meanwhile, Gurugram on Saturday reported 17 new Covid circumstances, pushing the tally to 1,80,475. The toll has climbed to 870 within the district.
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