Second round of countrywide COVID-19 Sero survey completed: ICMR
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Second round of countrywide COVID-19 Sero survey completed: ICMR

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday (September 20, 2020) knowledgeable that second countrywide serosurvey for COVID-19 has been efficiently accomplished and the ultimate section evaluation of the survey is now underway.

“The second round of countrywide serosurvey led by ICMR has been successfully completed. The final phase analysis of the survey is now underway and will offer a comparison with the results of the first survey #IndiaFightsCOVID19,” the ICMR stated in a tweet.

ICMR stated that the containment zones discuss with a selected geographical space the place positive circumstances of coronavirus are discovered are dynamic in nature and they don’t match into nationally consultant sampling.

“The ICMR has been continuously communicating with the respective state authorities. The findings of the previous survey from the dynamic containment zones have been communicated to the states for further action. To further aid in developing state intervention plans, following the ICMR survey, states have also conducted their zone/city-specific surveys,” it stated in one other tweet.

The first nationwide sero survey which was revealed within the Indian Journal of Medical Research on September 11 had indicated {that a} complete of 69.4% folks had been contaminated with coronovirus an infection in rural villages in India.

It additionally identified that the Sero positivity was highest within the 18–45 years (43.3) age group, adopted by the bottom seropositivity amongst these aged 46–60 years (39.5) and above 60.

The survey outcomes confirmed that in rural areas (villages), the Sero positivity charge was the very best at 69.Four p.c, whereas it was recorded at 15.9 p.c in city slums and 14.6 p.c in city non-slums.

The first survey was carried out from May 11 to June Four in 700 villages and wards, in 70 districts throughout 21 states of the nation. It coated 28,000 people whose blood samples had been examined for IgG antibodies utilizing COVID Kavach ELISA package.

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