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Himachal Pradesh: 87 pc of the people have seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in a survey

Himachal Pradesh: 87 pc of the people have seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in a survey

Hamirpur (HP), Sep 25(UNI) The Health Department said on Saturday that a population-based serosurvey was conducted in the state during June-July, 2021 to estimate the proportion of the population with antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in more than or equal to 6 years of age group.
It further said that in the study a some 400 individuals were enrolled from each district, which meant a total of 4822 participants.
The government spokesperson further added that out of the total of 4822, 437 were between 6-9 years, 939 between 10-17 years, 2005 between 18-44 years, 962 between 45-60 years, and 479 more than 60 years. There were a total of 2218 males and 2594 females and 10 others.
He added that out of the 4,822 people tested, 4079 of them had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, with a weighted and test adjusted seroprevalence of 87.5% (95% CI: 85.4 - 89.4).
The District reported high seroprevalence ranging from 76.1% (Una) to 95.6% (Kinnaur). The children had lower seroprevalence (53.6% aged 6-9 years and 61.5% aged 10-17 years) than adults (around 98%) and seroprevalence was similar across gender.
However, seroprevalence was higher among those vaccinated (One dose: 95.4%, Two doses: 97.6%) than the unvaccinated (71.5%).
The spokesperson further added that a total of 56.2% of people in the survey were vaccinated with the first dose and 43.4% were vaccinated with the second dose.
He concluded that in a large proportion of the population aged 6 years and above, nearly around 87% had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
However, the seroprevalence is lower among children than the adults. We recommend focusing on covering the population with two doses to maintain the immunity among the population.
UNI/CSS ACL0728

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