<span style="color: #222222;">In Jharkhand, there has been no percentage prevalence of community transmission found in the Sero-Survey conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in three districts of the state. Based on the reports received by ICMR, there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in Jharkhand.<br />'' <br />'' Principal Heath Secretary Dr Nitin Kulkarni told AIR News that three districts of Jharkhand Pakur, Latehar and Simdega out of 200 districts from across the country were selected for Sero-Survey to detect the spread of COVID-19 infection in specific regions. He said that the results show that there is zero transmission in Latehar, 1.25 per cent in Pakur and one per cent in Simdega, which is an insignificant number to establish the prevalence of viral spread.<br />'' <br />''<br />''However, the Health Secretary has requested ICMR to conduct such surveys in all the districts of the state to ascertain the prevalence of viral spread across the state. The results show better immunity power in denizens of the state. Recovery rate in patients of COVID-19 further improved to 55.92 per cent.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 16, 2020 8:51 AM
No community transmission of COVID-19 in Jharkhand, says sero-survey