<span style="color: #222222;">The findings of the first national sero survey conducted by the ICMR, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, indicate that 0.73 per cent adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 amounting to a total of 6.4 million infections by early May.<br />''<br />''The survey was conducted from 11th May to 4th June and covered 28 thousand individuals whose blood samples were tested for IgG antibodies using COVID Kavach ELISA kit.<br />''<br />''Also, seropositivity was the highest in the age group of 18 to 45 years with 43.3 per cent, followed by those between 46 to 60 years with 39.5 per cent and it was the lowest among those aged above 60 with 17.2 per cent.<br />''<br />''The survey report said, it's estimated that there were a total of 64 lakh 68 thousand 388 adult infections in India by early May.<br />''<br />''The report said, the low prevalence observed in most districts indicates that India is in the early phase of the epidemic and the majority of the Indian population is still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.<br />''<br />''It highlighted the need to continue to implement context-specific containment measures including testing of all symptomatics, isolating positive cases and tracing high-risk contacts to slow down transmission and prevent overburdening of the health system.</span>