A day after the findings of a sero-surveillance in Delhi showed 23.48% of the people in the national capital had exposure to COVID-19, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said such study will be conducted every month to formulate better policies for tackling the novel coronavirus. He said on Wednesday that A fresh sero-survey will be conducted in the national capital from August 1-5.
“The results of the sero-survey conducted from June 27-July 10 came out yesterday, and it shows that nearly one-fourth of people had developed antibodies, meaning they had got infected and recovered. Most of these people who were sampled did not know that they were infected earlier,” Jain told reporters.
21,387 samples were collected as per lab standards and were tested. The tests done help in identification of the presence of antibodies in the general population. This test performed is not a diagnostic test but only provides information about past infection due to SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who test positive.
