First sero survey for Covid-19 begins in Vadodara district

Vadodara: Health officials of the Vadodara district have started collecting samples for the first sero-survey for Covid-19 in the district. In all, 1,800 samples will be collected for the survey.
The sero-survey will be conducted in various districts in the state, but it will be for the first time that such an exercise will be taken up in Vadodara.
After the district, a similar exercise will be taken up in the city by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC).
The sample collection on Thursday was conducted by health teams of the Vadodara district panchayat. Sources said that around 1,150 samples were collected during the drive by the teams. The process will be completed on Friday by collecting the remaining samples.
An official said that the samples will be conducted from different age groups, gender and other prescribed criteria. The samples will be analyzed in a laboratory in the city itself and results will be compiled.
Sources in the VMC said that the process of training teams was being conducted. Once this is over, the collection of samples would begin. They added that the number of samples is expected to remain around the same as that collected by the officials in the district.