It is useful in planning for the next stage and understanding the impact of the disease on society
Collecting 90% of the samples from the study of population immunity to "Corona" in Abu Dhabi
The study samples are randomly taken from citizens and residents. From the source
Dr. Farida Al Hosani: "The study depends on taking random samples, and determines the actual percentage of the population who have antibodies to the virus."
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The spokesman for the health sector in the country, Dr. Farida Al Hosani, stated that 90% of the blood samples for the study of immunity from "Covid-19" disease were collected for residents of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which is the first of its kind in the country and the region.
In its content, the study aims to verify the extent of infection with the disease, and the percentage of people who have been exposed to the emerging corona virus and have adequate immunity, as the results of the study will be useful in planning for the next stage, understanding the impact of the disease on society in general, and helping to know the actual percentage of the population who have bodies Anti-virus during a specific period of time, in addition to knowing the percentage of people who were diagnosed with the disease or patients who were previously infected and did not show symptoms of infection with the virus.
Al Hosani stressed that the study of population immunity is one of the most important studies that know the epidemiology of disease in the community, as it will be useful in determining the percentage of the population who have been exposed to the disease during the previous period, and help the medical sector in planning for the next stage, whether in terms of predicting the rate of disease spread or on the part of Focusing efforts in investigation and testing in the least vulnerable groups to the disease.
She said, "The study depends on random sampling, as 90% of the target group has been completed, and most of the samples we need have been obtained, and the remaining percentage for completing the study does not exceed 10%," noting that the study does not depend on people, but on homes. And the facilities that must be visited and blood samples taken from them, in order to reach a clearer picture of the prevalence of the disease in the emirate. Therefore, the areas of the emirate (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra) were covered.
While the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health indicated that the study began on the 19 of last July, and is expected to be completed on the 16th of this August. During this study, antibodies to “Covid-19” disease will be measured in the blood and it is called a “serological test” or “ Antibody test », and these tests can provide information about previous infection with the virus.
It is worth noting that the research study is being conducted by the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health, with the support of the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, and in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates University, the "Seha" company, and the national reference laboratory, and all residents of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, citizens and residents, to help understand the state of immunity to disease. Covid-19 ».
5 goals to study
The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center set five objectives for the study, which included helping to understand the extent of the spread of "Covid-19", and to verify the extent of infection based on what is determined by seropositiveness, and the benefit of the public health sector from reducing the impact of the outbreak of the Corona epidemic, and providing information about the presence of infection. A precedent for the virus, even after the immune system has succeeded in removing it from the body, in addition to helping to discover evidence that the immune system has responded to the body against the Corona virus.