GMC Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir: GMC Srinagar to conduct Round-III of Sero-Survey in Pulwama
Srinagar: A team from Government Medical College Srinagar comprising faculty, resident doctors and medicalinterns from Department of Community Medicine (SPM) have been deputed for conducting the surveyin Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) assigned ten clusters and selected sub district hospitals indistrict Pulwama.
According to a statement, “ICMR is conducting the third round of national sero-survey for COVID-19titled ‘National sero-surveillance to monitor the trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in India:Community-based surveillance’ across 60 districts and 10 hot-spot sites among all states and unionterritories of the country to see the changing trend of population response to SARS COV-2 infection overthese months since the second round was held in July-August this year where the prevalence of IgGantibody titres were found 27.3% among the general population in the Pulwama district.”
In the third round, the data will again be collected through app-based and blood samples will be takento assess immunoglobulin-Gamma (Ig-G) against SARS-CoV-2 which will determine infection in recentpast and the body’s immune response to the SARS CoV-2 infection.
Each selected site collects data and blood samples of 400 participants of children over 10 years and adult population and also shall include100 health care workers in the district Pulwama.
The statement reads, “A team from Government Medical College Srinagar comprising faculty, residentdoctors and medical interns from Department of Community Medicine (SPM) are deputed by Dr SamiaRashid, principal/dean, GMC Srinagar for conducting the survey in ICMR assigned ten clusters andselected sub district hospitals in district Pulwama with full support and cooperation from DC PulwamaDr Raghav Langer, Chief Medical Officer, Pulwama Dr. Hassina Mir and health teams includingEpidemiologist Dr Arshad, BMOs, doctors, laboratory technicians and other paramedical staff at districtlevel while ICMR Headquarter New Delhi, and its premier centres including National Institute ofEpidemiology (NIE), Chennai is providing support in training, guidance, testing, data management,analytics and logistics support, said Dr S Muhammad Salim Khan, HOD Community Medicine, GMCSrinagar and nodal person for ICMR national ser-survey for COVID-19 of district Pulwama.”
In the first two rounds of ICMR sero survey, the sero-prevalence in district Pulwama was found to be 2%and 27.3% respectively while the recent study by GMC Srinagar in district Pulwama in October showedprevalence risen to 43.1% among general population, highest among 10 districts in Kashmir division.
This time the sero-prevalence of SARS CoV-2 Infection is expected to be more than previous outcomes.
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