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ICMR to start 4th national serosurvey in June, states should also assess C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Member Health NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul on Friday announced that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start work on the next nation-wide Covid-19 serosurvey and urged states to roll out their own sero surveillances to asses the spread of the pan
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Herd immunity by natural infection very difficult, says AIIMS Director Gul
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): Sero surveillance data has shown that only around 20 to 25 per cent of individuals across the country have positive antibodies, so herd immunity by natural infection is very difficult to achieve, according to All India Institute of Medical Sc
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Seroprevalence found to be more in females during 3 rounds of Sero Surveil
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Seroprevalence was found to be more in the females during the three rounds of Sero Surveillance and least in the age group of 18 to 49 years, the Delhi government informed the Delhi High Court.
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Sero Survey: Antibody prevalence rate at 5.15 per cent in Bhubaneswar
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 5 (ANI): The second phase of the sero surveillance conducted across 25 wards of the Temple City has found the antibody prevalence rate at 5.15 per cent.
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Andhra govt focusing to reduce COVID-19 mortality rate: KS Jawahar Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 2 (ANI): The main focus of Andhra Pradesh government is to further reduce COVID-19 mortality rate, said Medical and Health Department Special Chief Secretary KS Jawahar Reddy on Tuesday.
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Sero-survey for SARS-CoV-2 brings out burden of disease, say medical exper
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Implemented across Delhi's 11 districts, a sample testing scaling to 15,000 by the Delhi government stated that 29.1 per cent population in the national capital has developed antibodies for SARS-CoV-2.
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COVID-19: Delhi govt to conduct sero-surveillance every month, says Healt
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday said that the government has decided to conduct sero-surveillance every month in a bid to break the COVID-19 chain and contain the spread of infection.
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Delhi HC asks Centre to file fresh affidavit on sero-surveillance study by
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit on the report regarding the preliminary results relating to the sero-surveillance study in the national capital by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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Bhubaneswar undertakes sero-surveillance to ascertain extent of COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 11 (ANI): In a bid to ascertain the level of COVID-19 spread in the region and for efficient management and control in the state capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started sero-surveillance from Saturday.
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COVID-19: Union Health Ministry to conduct another sero-surveillance acros
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate the trend of COVID-19 among the population, the Central government informed on Thursday.
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NCDC to conduct sero-surveillance study focusing on 20,000 households in D
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to conduct a sero-surveillance study in all 11 districts of Delhi focusing on as many as 20,000 households on a random basis including individuals below 18 years of age. The survey is expected to start
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Only 0.73 pc of sample population was infected with COVID-19, says ICMR's
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The sero-surveillance study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed that 0.73 per cent of the population surveyed has shown evidence of past exposure to COVID-19, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of the country's apex medical
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