-Sayak Biswas, Amity University, Kolkata
During a time when the coronavirus is spreading like a wildfire across the whole world, a private laboratory in West Bengal has claimed that one in every four persons have Covid-19 Antibodies in Kolkata. This news has come as a relief to a State which has already seen over 1.87 lakh novel coronavirus cases including 3715 deaths till date.
The private laboratory claimed that it has done a sero survey among 3.5 lakh people across India recently. From West Bengal, a total of 22589 people was brought under this program and from Kolkata itself, 9050 people were included. Based on the study, the laboratory confirmed that at least 26 percent of the population of Kolkata and around 23 percent of the population of Bengal may have already developed Covid-19 antibodies while the National numbers stand at 27 percent. If this trend continues, experts feel herd immunity will be achieved faster than thought.
COVID UPDATE: AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trials to be resumed again
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone On 10th September 2020, that is 2 days back, Team BioXone had covered a piece of news stating the pause of the Covid-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca by Serum Institute. Today, it has been reported that once again, the trials for AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has been successfully resumed. The one reason that […]