<span style="color: #222222;">In Jharkhand, a 20-member team from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi reached Pakur district today to collect blood samples from people belonging to urban and rural background to test the immunity level in human body. The team collected blood samples of more than 400 people of 10 different villages of the district.<br />''<br />''Talking to AIR News, Project Technical Officer of ICMR Jairam Mishra said that Pakur district has been identified by ICMR and these samples are being collected to test the immunity levels in people coming from rural backgrounds. The collected samples will be sent to New Delhi for serum tests and certify the immunity levels against fighting COVID-19. The recovery rate in people of Jharkhand has remained better from other states and asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 are also recovering within a span of four to five days.<br />''<br />''Samples of each person of 40 different households of each village were collected of further testing. Medical teams of the district and in charge of Community Health Centre also facilitates this work.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 27, 2020 8:43 PM
Jharkhand: ICMR team reaches Pakur, collects blood samples of over 400 people to test immunity level