Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Feb 14: A Sero-Prevalence Study carried by the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar has stated that around 27 per cent of healthcare workers (HCWs) across Kashmir hospitals show the presence of antibodies against COVID-19.
The presence of the anti-bodies, doctors said, suggests that these healthcare workers were exposed to the COVID-19 at some point of time which makes rest of the 70 per cent of the healthcare workers susceptible to the infection.
The study has been conducted by the GMC Srinagar in collaboration with Directorate of Health Services Kashmir and JK National Health Mission among healthcare providers of Kashmir division in January to detect SARS CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies.