New Delhi: The seventh survey that will begin soon in Delhi, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday.
He also said the Delta variant of Coronavirus was not the cause of worries because the entire second wave in Delhi was caused by the variant.
The last serological survey, conducted in April this year, must be cut short because the capital began to witness exponential growth in the Covid-19 case because of the second wave.
According to a survey report submitted to the Delhi government in June, the prevalence of Sero was not much higher than the 56.1% antibodies found in people who were screened during the fifth survey in January.
Jain said the sequencing of the sample genome during and after the second wave showed that around 80% of the population were discredied infected by the Delta variant.
“Delhi has struggled and overcomes a wave of Delta variant.
All reports have also been sent to ICMR and they also show that Delhi fought against the Delta variant during the second wave.” Jain said the level of remains is 1% or less for a month now but Delhi’s government preparation for The next wave hasn’t slowed down.
“We have doubled the number of ICU beds and have added more beds overall.” The government is preparing 37,000 beds, where 12,000 are ICU beds, compared to around 23,000 beds, including 6,000 ICUs, available during the second wave.
He added, “While we are also preparing to take care of our children, the total percentage of children who need hospitalization is very less than adults in the case of this pandemic.”