BMC commissioner Chahal told TOI that more children had antibodies now than a few months ago. A BMC doctor observed that more children would have been exposed during the second wave
MUMBAI: The results of the BMC’s first pediatric sero-survey show 51.18% of the children surveyed have antibodies to the Covid-causing SARS-CoV-2, allaying fears that the probable third wave would disproportionately affect children.
The presence of antibodies in blood reveals a past infection and, more importantly, indicates the person has immunity against the same infection for some period.
The pediatric survey was carried out by BMC-run Nair Hospital doctors, with 2,176 samples collected from the 24 civic wards in the city. The survey began on April 1, when the second Covid wave was peaking, and continued till June 15, said Nair Hospital’s head of microbiology Dr Jayanthi Shastri.
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