A study conducted by the National Institute of Blood Diseases from May to July was published by the Oxford University Press Journal for Public Health.
The study on corona virus was conducted by microbiologist, hematologist and pathologist under the leadership of Dr. Samreen Zaidi in which 1700 people from health, community and industrial workers were included in the study.
The participants included both men and women between the ages of 18 and 60.
The study examined the levels of antibody components in different citizens to assess the prevalence of the virus in the society and found that 36% of Karachi residents already have immunity to the virus.
The report said that the study examined the immune system in Karachi as well as the health department and the total immunity of the people was 36% and the highest positive immunity was 50.50% with industrial employees while the highest. Health department staff had the lowest resistance with 13%.
In addition, 34% of those who came for blood donation and antibody test had immunity.
Serology tests are used to detect disease resistance in a specific population at a time and the rate is 1.9 to 6.9 percent in the United States, which is much lower than in Pakistan.
Research shows that one-third of Karachi's population has developed an immune system against the corona virus, but it is still well below the required 60-70%.
"If we cross the 60% mark in the next two months, we will be closer to reality, but it will depend on whether the immune system weakens over time," the report said.
Dr. Samreen Zaidi said that as per our expectations, the rate of Cervo Pre-Valence has reached 60% as expected and we have come to the conclusion based on the gradual reduction in cases and other related factors that the chances of another wave are very low. ۔
However, while talking to Anadolu Agency, he also clarified that assumptions are ultimately assumptions.
Dr. Samreen said that the only limitation is that the size of our research is small, so we suggest the government to check the results of a large-scale research.
Dr Tahir Shamsi, head of the National Institute of Blood Diseases, echoed Dr Samreen's assertion that "we have a strong immune system, which indicates that we have a second wave of corona." not enough.
"The data for this study is up to July, we have now entered September and the latest statistics and test results show that the immunity is 60%," added the country's leading plasma therapy doctor.
A similar study was conducted by a large laboratory in the country which said that 33% of the people in the country's health sector have developed immunity.
The laboratory performed 15,000 tests nationwide for the research.
The number of cases reported daily in the country has come down from 7,000 to 400 per day, while the number of deaths has also come down significantly.
However, on September 17, there was an increase in cases and 722 cases were reported, which is the highest number of cases reported in the country in the last one month.
The government is currently pursuing a policy of mini-smart lockdown in which only certain houses and workplaces are being closed instead of full streets or shopping centers.
Dr. Tahir Shamsi said that the new statistics and research show that the chances of a virus outbreak are very low, but warned that this does not mean that we should be careless because the virus is still present, we take precautions. Can't take the risk of being ignored.
"The biggest problem with this virus is that we still don't know much about it,".
