A private lab has made public its data of the antibody tests it conducted over 20 days across the country. The results are striking. The data indicate

18 Crore Indians May Already Have COVID Immunity: Thyrocare Data

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2020-07-20 16:27:44

A private lab has made public its data of the antibody tests it conducted over 20 days across the country. The results are striking. The data indicates near 18 crore people in the country already have antibodies against the novel coronavirus.

Thyrocare took its data from 60,000 antibody tests conducted across 600 pin codes over 20 odd days. Their estimate is that nearly 15 percent of the country may already have antibodies against the novel coronavirus, with a variation of plus minus 3 percent.

"Ours is the fastest, data driven prediction. Unfortunately it's not getting the attention it deserves," said Dr A Velumani, Chairperson, Thyrocare Technologies, in an interview with FIT.

While this is not a randomised study, nor an official survey, but data from this reflects what is apparently in the second seroprevalence study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India's apex research body, conducted in the beginning of June. That data, according to various leaked reports, indicates that 15 to 20 percent of the country may already have antibodies to coronavirus. ICMR is yet to make that data public.

Most organized, latest and fastest nationwide #AntibodyExitPoll survey in the history of India. Covers >60000 samples from >600 pin codes show 15% are Antibody +ve. May vary +or - 3%. But still pessimistic is an option though. #IndiaIsBlessed#KeepMasking. https://t.co/rJ7ZWaYjtX