Covid-19: Second round of serology survey launched in Bhubaneswar
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)
on Friday launched the second round of serological survey to ascertain the
immune strength of people against COVID-19 as the
Odisha capital is witnessing a rise in coronavirus cases this month.
Five teams will collect 1,500 samples from
various locations in the city, an official said.
"The current exercise will provide an
indication of the community exposure level which was found to be very low
during the first round of the serological survey," he said.
The Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC)
is providing technical support to the BMC to carry out the two- day survey in
the city.
"In the first round of the survey, 900
samples were collected. Though the immunity level is relatively low across the
communities of the temple city, the large scale transmission has probably not
occurred in the state capital," Dr Jayasingh Kshatri, a scientist working
at the RMRC, said. Read More
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