Women have more antibodies to fight Covid-19: Mumbai sero survey

The BMC survey showed that sero positivity among women was 37.12 per cent as against 35.02 per cent in men.

A sero survey by Mumbai's civic body has found that women have more antibodies than men to the fight the coronavirus. It also showed that sero positivity in non-slum areas was increasing, while it was decreasing in slum areas, which matches the current trend that a large number of patients are being detected from the former in the current Covid-19 surge, officials said. Sero positivity entails a blood test showing a positive result for a particular antibody, a civic official explained.