Over 99% healthcare, frontline workers have Covid antibodies
Antibody titres were also significantly higher in the participants who had taken the precaution dose as well compared to those who had two doses of the vaccine.
This is the first such survey here to be conducted over a period of nine month to find if antibodies produced against Covid are waning off. THE SIXTH sero survey of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that out of the 3,099 samples of healthcare workers (HCW) and frontline workers (FLW) in the city, 3,097 had positive antibody titres amounting to 99.93 per cent of sero-positivity. This high presence of antibodies can be attributed to robust vaccination in Mumbai and possible earlier exposure to Covid.
Antibody titres were also significantly higher in the participants who had taken the precaution dose as well compared to those who had two doses of the vaccine. “This shows that the third dose helps to provide further protection against Covid-19. So, it is essential that the eligible population, that has taken both the doses, also got the third,” said BMC additional commissioner Suresh Kakani.
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