Children in the age group of 6-18 years have 70 per cent antibodies according to a sero-survey was carried out over a period of 10 days from June 16 to 26, and in 200 clusters including slums, chawls, housing societies and buildings.
The sero-survey, the second one by the PCMC, covered 10,082 citizens. The first survey was carried out last year and covered 5,000 residents.
“The survey showed that 70 per cent of the children have antibodies against coronavirus. This is a very high figure and we have reason to feel somewhat relieved as it has been predicted by experts that children are likely to be more affected in the third wave,” Dr Laxman Gofane, medical department head of the PCMC.
Residents of Pimpri-Chinchwad can breathe easy as a serological survey has revealed that children in the age group of 6-18 years have 70 per cent antibodies. On an average, the sero-survey has shown that 81 per cent of residents of Pimpri-Chinchwad have developed antibodies against SARS-COV-2. Members of the 6-18 age group were found to have 70.6 per cent antibodies while those in the 18-44 group had 78.9 per cent antibodies.
The level of antibodies in the 45-60 group was 91.1 per cent and for those above 60, the level of antibodies was 90.5 per cent. For the sero-survey, blood samples of 1,464 citizens living in slums were collected. Of these, 82.5 per cent were found to have developed antibodies. The survey found that 84.5 per cent people living in chawls and 80 per cent of those living in residential societies had antibodies.
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