Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance in near future to evaluate the trend of COVID-19 infection among the population. It will be a follow-up to a similar study conducted earlier. Briefing the media in New Delhi yesterday, the Health Ministry official said the final results of the sero-survey conducted by the ICMR in May, which focused on infections of mid-April is still under process.<br />'' <br />'' The ICMR had earlier said on the basis of the data compiled from 65 districts out of 83 districts across the country in the first part of the sero-surveillance study, 0.73 per cent of the population surveyed showed evidence of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2. He also said the findings of a sero prevalence study conducted in Delhi by National Centre for Disease Control and 22 thousand samples collected from 27th June to 5th of July, is being processed.<br />'' <br />'' The Health Ministry said that India is effectively dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and the country has the lowest caseloads and deaths in terms of its population in comparison to other nations. It said, there is no community transmission in the country.&nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | July 10, 2020 8:23 AM
ICMR plans nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate trend of coronavirus