Guwahati: The Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) has detected Sero’s prevalence in children equivalents in Adults in Assam during the fourth Sero National Survey for antibodies to SARS-COV-2.
In this study, children between six and 14 years were also included and they were found to have similar sero prevalence in the range of 39.4% to 52.2%, as in adults.
Sero survey is part of a greater effort to understand how wide the prevalence of Covid-19 in the Indian population.
During the fourth survey, 39.7% to 53.5% of the adult population was found sero-positive to Coronavirus in the state.
The latest survey is important, because of the health status of those with six years surveyed in the ICMR study for the first time since the plague of pandemic.
Experts say the third wave will hit the hardest children if it comes.
“This is a significant increase of 20.8% to 32.8% of exposure recorded in the third survey conducted in December 2020.
While children have similar sero prevalence such as in adults, health workers are found to have more sero participants Height which ranged from 66.6% to.
80%, “Dr.
Kangjam Rekha Devi, a senior scientist at the ICMR-RMRC, was bought, told TII.
The Survey in Assam was carried out under the leadership of Rekha Devi, supported by the National Health Mission, District Administration and Kamrup (Metro) Health Authority (Metro), Regency and Consultant of Carbi and Udalgguri from the World Health Organization.
In particular, the difference in exposure to coronavirus in the urban population, compared to the rural population, has significantly lacked in the fourth survey.
Previously, infection was 8.03 times more in urban areas than rustic bags, but the gap had diminished to 1.34 times when the fourth survey was conducted in June this year.
“The fourth sero prevalence study has shown an increase in exposure to SARS-COV2 in the community in Assam.
It is important to understand that people who develop antibodies to Coronavirus cannot ascertain whether they will not be infected with the virus again and thus everyone is advised to wear a mask while leaving To crowded places, often wash hands with soap and practice distance physically to prevent infection, “said Rekha Devi.
He observed that people, who did not have a coronavirus exposure, were also susceptible to infection and was advised to follow the appropriate behavior of Covid.
“This survey has shown that crowded places have very high Covid-19 transmission risk,” added Rekha Devi.
Even when the daily lift level has dropped to about one percent in the state, he felt that mass meetings at the upcoming festival should be avoided and the public must take full precautions.
“High-risk individuals like parents, people with co-morbidities and children must take extra precautions,” said the senior scientist.
Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh (ICMRCNE), conducted a survey in three districts in Assam, where serological samples were collected from 40 people from the 10 selected clusters (rural and urban areas) of each district for general population and 100 health care workers from district hospitals, public health centers or taluk hospitals.
This survey was conducted in the same district, Kamrup (Metro), Udalgguri, and carriicized Anglong, where the third survey was conducted last year.