Health Minister released the report of the third round of Sero Survey

Health Minister released the report of the third round of Sero Survey

Sero positivity rate in the State is 76.3 per cent- Sh. Anil Vij

A positivity of 78.1 per cent in Urban population and 75.1 per cent in rural population- Sh. Vij

Chandigarh, October 18- Haryana Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij today released the report of 3rd  round of COVID-19 Sero Survey conducted in the month of September, 2021, wherein the sero-positivity was found to be 76.3 per cent (Urban 78.1 per cent and Rural 75.1 per cent). In the first round of Sero Survey the positivity rate was found to be 8 per cent and in the second round of Sero Survey it was 14.8 per cent.

Sh. Vij was interacting with the mediapersons during the release of the report of the third round of Sero Survey, here today. On this occasion, he also released the report book of the third round of Sero Survey.

He said that a positivity of 75.3 per cent men, 77.1 per cent women, 69.8 per cent children falling in the age group of 6 to 9 years, 73.2 percent of children aging 10 to 17 years has been found in the Sero Survey while positivity of 81.6 per cent has been found in vaccinated people and a positivity of 75.5 per cent has been found in non-vaccinated people.

He said that this Sero Survey was done to ascertain whether the COVID antibodies have been developed due to Covid-19 vaccination or naturally. He elaborated the antibodies developed after vaccination were identified by conducting Spike Protein Antibody Test.

The sample size of Sero Survey was 36,520- Sh. Vij

He said that this survey was conducted by the Health Department in collaboration with the Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak in all the districts of Haryana. In this round of Sero Survey, the sample size was much larger as compared to the previous sero surveys conducted in the state with a sample size of 18,700 in the first round and 15,840 in the second round.

Sh. Vij informed that from January 16, 2021, the Health Department, Haryana is working expeditiously to vaccinate the eligible beneficiaries against COVID-19 and by conducting this Sero Survey an assessment has been made to guage the effectiveness of the programme. The Health Minister appreciated the untiring efforts made by the Health Department at the State Headquarters and at the District Level to conduct this round of Sero Survey.

Testing of all samples done in the laboratory of District Civil Hospital, Panchkula – Sh. Vij

He said that this round of Sero Survey was completely different from those conducted earlier as the sample size (36,520 sample size) was very large this time  and secondly all these samples were tested in the laboratory of District Civil Hospital, Panchkula.  He lauded the State and District Health officials and field teams for conducting this study.

Sero survey to be conducted again in Faridabad

Sh. Vij said that the seroprevalence study shows that the overall sero-positivity of COVID in the state of Haryana has been found to be 76.3 per cent (urban 78.1 per cent and rural 75.1 per cent). He said that district Kurukshetra witnessed the highest 85 per cent sero-positivity and the lowest was 64.2 per cent in Faridabad.  However, 14 per cent samples were found to be inconclusive in Faridabad thus, Sero Survey will be conducted again in Faridabad.

So far, 2.47 crore beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the state

Responding to queries of the mediapersons, Sh. Vij said that a positivity of 76 per cent in Haryana is comforting as majority of people are protected from Corona. Regarding vaccination, Sh. Vij said that so far about 2.47 crore beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the State, in which about 1.74 crore beneficiaries have been administered the first dose and more than 73 lakh beneficiaries have been administered the second dose.

State Government is making arrangements to administer vaccine to children below 18 years of age

Sh. Vij said that the Central Government has approved the vaccine for children below 18 years of age and Haryana has started making arrangements in this regard.

He appreciated all the officers and employees who were working in the third round of Sero Survey.  He also appreciated the contribution of Dr. Dhruv Chaudhary, State Nodal Officer for COVID-19, Haryana and Dr. Vinod, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak for necessary technical guidance.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Sh. Rajeev Arora informed that efficient COVID-19 vaccination programme complements the high seroprevalence in the community. The result of this round of sero survey is somewhat close to achieving herd immunity,he said.  Therefore, implementing COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour for the safety of its population of Haryana is still our top priority.

2,200 officers and employees were engaged in the Survey

It is noteworthy that in this Survey, about 2,200 officers and employees of the Health Department were engaged and a stratified multistage random sampling technique was used and a total of 913 clusters were identified to collect 36,520 samples from all the districts of Haryana. Furthermore, each of these clusters were divided into 4 quadrants and 10 samples from each quadrant were collected by field teams.  Before conducting this survey, 2,200 people were given several rounds of training by the IDSP cell of the State.  Field activity was captured digitally on “Sero Survey Mobile Application” with Geo-coordinates for field activity.  The entire activity on the portal was being monitored live by the State IDSP Cell.

On this occasion, Mission Director of NHM Sh. Prabhjot Singh, Director General of Health Services, Dr. Veena Singh, Dr Usha Gupta and other senior officers were present.

No. IPRDH/2021

Swati Mahajan

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