A recent study by blood disease institute in Karachi has suggested that there might be a chance of a second wave of Novel Coronavirus to hit Pakistan.
The study conducted by National institute of Blood diseases (NIBD) has been published by Oxford University press journal of public health.
The study goes by the title “Challenges in acquiring herd immunity for Covid-19,” Different microbiologists, hematologists and pathologists were included in the study which was led forward by Dr Samreen Zaidi. The process of the study included nearly 1,700 people from three groups which were healthcare, community and industrial workers.
The people including in the study were both male and female from the age group 18-60.
The report read: “This study has been instigated to evaluate the seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in different healthcare and community population from Karachi and with the aim of assessing the importance of seroprevalence in these groups,”
The study showed the immunity development in individuals to assess the prevalence of the virus in our community.
The results indicated that 36 percent of Karachi’s population had developed immunity against the covid-19 and it is far away from being 60-70 percent.
The report added “The present study raises the possibility that if 36pc of adult population of Karachi is supposed to be seropositive, then we can hypothesise that in the next 2–3 months 60pc of general population will become seropositive [immune].”
“We, on the basis of a gradual drop in cases, and other relevant factors, assume that there are low chances of a second wave of coronavirus,” Zaidi told Anadolu Agency.
