South Africa: Covid-19 - Blood Tests to Be Conducted On 19,000 People in Nine Provinces
DATE: 11 December 2020
AUTHOR: All Africa.com
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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