{"id":324280,"date":"2020-06-27T05:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T05:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=324280"},"modified":"2020-06-27T05:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T05:42:14","slug":"covid-19-in-delhi-serological-survey-to-begin-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/covid-19-in-delhi-serological-survey-to-begin-from-today\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 in Delhi: Serological survey to begin from today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319632 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/virus-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/virus-1.jpg 503w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/virus-1-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/virus-1-434x420.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>Authorities in Delhi will carry out a\u00a0serological survey from Saturday to determine the spread of COVID-19 amid\u00a0a rising number of cases in the national capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The serological survey will enable authorities to undertake a comprehensive analysis of Covid-19 and expected to help officials prepare a broad strategy to combat the pandemic in the national capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The survey is a part of the new Covid-19 response plan prepared by Central government to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;As per the directives of HM @AmitShah, discussion was done on the serological survey in Delhi, which will be carried out jointly by NCDC and Delhi Government. Survey will begin from June 27, training of all the concerned survey teams was completed yesterday, (sic)&#8221; the home ministry spokesperson said in a tweet on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The home minister has also approved the combined use of &#8216;Aarogya Setu&#8217; and &#8216;Itihaas&#8217; apps as strong predictive tools for future detection of COVID-19 outbreaks in population clusters. Training on the combined use of apps was imparted by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) trainers to the district teams of the Delhi government on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said, \u201cDelhi conducted highest no of tests in a singly day yesterday- 21,144 We have increased testing 4 times Delhi now following strategy of very aggressive testing and isolation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Delhi has the second highest COVID-19 cases \u2013 77,240 and 2,492 deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Delhi will carry out a\u00a0serological survey from Saturday to determine the spread of COVID-19 amid\u00a0a rising number of cases in the national capital. The serological survey will enable authorities to undertake a comprehensive analysis of Covid-19 and expected to help officials prepare a broad strategy to combat the pandemic in the national capital. 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