A female passenger, dressed in a protective suit, waits for the train at the New Delhi train station (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)
Kashmir seroprevalence survey: Kashmir’s first seroprevalence survey has revealed that close to 40 percent of people in the Valley have developed antibodies to Covid-19. The survey, which analyzed 6,000 samples from the 10 Kashmir districts, showed that 38.8% of the population have developed the antibodies. The highest prevalence of antibodies was recorded among participants from Pulwama (43.1%), followed by Budgam (43%), and the Srinagar district showed a seroprevalence of 40.7%.
The Gujarat government issues guidelines for the reopening of schools: the state education department has set Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for classes X and XII, while Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for classes IX and XI for the reopening of secondary schools and upper secondary schools as of November 23. The state government issued a Government Resolution (GR) on Wednesday outlining the conditions and standard operating procedures (SOPs) that schools, parents and parents must follow. students once they are reopened.
60,000 tests a day, doubling the beds of the ICU in Delhi: To achieve this, the ICMR will help increase the capacity of the existing Delhi laboratories by 2,000 tests by deploying more manpower, increasing the number of shifts and the placement of more equipment. It will also involve private sector labs, even as five RT-PCR labs, including AIIMS, Delhi, have already started 24-hour operation, an MHA official said.
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