Covid-19: Blood tests to be conducted on 19,000 people in nine provinces
CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19
DATE: 9 December 2020
AUTHOR: GroundUp.org.za
DATE: 9 December 2020
AUTHOR: GroundUp.org.za
Blood samples are to be taken from up to 19,000 people across all provinces, in the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) two-phase nationwide Covid-19 seroprevalence survey.
The HSRC has released details of the seroprevalence survey, which joins several other efforts underway or soon to begin. These surveys will bridge a gap in our understanding of the true extent of the spread of Covid-19. The surveys test people for the antibodies to the virus — SARS-Cov-2 — that causes Covid-19. They can help estimate the percentage of the population that has been infected.
This survey, called the National Covid-19 Antibody Survey, was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in September.
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