A rapid test camp was organised by New Town Residents’ Welfare Forum on August 1 at a fishery association building, near Axis Mall. A total of 99 residents were tested to check whether they had already developed Covid-19 antibodies.
Of them, four came positive, indicating they had got infected in the past and recovered on their own. Two results were inconclusive. The others came negative..
Bidhannagar Covid count Sourced by the Telegraph
According to a health department official, while positive results in a Rapid Antibody Test are confirmed, those who come negative but have symptoms of Covid-19 have to go for Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test. “Many health workers and social workers wanted to get themselves tested. Even people with slight sore throat are panicking. So we thought of holding this camp,” said Samir Gupta, joint convenor of the forum