Covid-19 Sero Survey

Seventy per cent of people in Tamil Nadu have COVID-19 antibodies, the latest sero survey - the third since last year - revealed.

Nearly 87 per cent of people in the Greater Mumbai area have COVID-19 antibodies - meaning they have been exposed to the coronavirus at least once - according to the results of a sero-survey conducted between August 12 and September 9.

The ongoing serological surveillance on COVID-19 in Odisha will focus on those below 18 years as the rate of infection among children and adolescents is on the rise for the last two weeks, officials said on Tuesday.

Odisha on Sunday reported 849 new COVID-19 cases which took the tally in the state to 10,06,503, while 69 fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 7,834, a health official said.

Roughly two-thirds of all Indians above the age of six have, at some point, been infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus - which causes the COVID-19 disease - the government said this evening, as it announced the results of the fourth serosurvey.

Over 51 per cent of Mumbai's general paediatric population - those below 18 - have antibodies for COVID-19, a sero survey of 2,176 blood samples conducted in the city between April 1 and June 15 has revealed

The ICMR will start national-level sero surveys to assess the spread of COVID-19 and all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Union health ministry said on Friday.

The government will conduct a fourth national sero survey to monitor the spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus - which causes the COVID-19 disease - and prep for a potential third wave of infections, with the focus on children and rural areas

A sero survey by Mumbai's civic body in Maharashtra has found that women have more antibodies than men to the fight the coronavirus.

More than a quarter of children in India aged between 10 and 17 may have already contracted COVID-19, according to a government serological survey released on Thursday, higher than the 21.5 per cent of the overall population found to have been infected.

Over 21 per cent of the population, aged 10 years and above, showed evidence of past exposure to COVID-19 in the ICMR's latest national serosurvey, the government said on Thursday, noting that a large proportion of people are still vulnerable to the infection.

One in four persons in the city appears to be infected by COVID-19 and that the virus has touched almost every household in the national capital, said the Delhi High Court which on Wednesday perused latest sero survey report pointing out that the central district being the worst hit.

Calling for continued vigilance and a high state of preparedness against the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday directed health authorities to scale up COVID-19 testing and sero-surveys and said the facility to get tested regularly and speedily at a low cost must be available to all at the earliest.

The presence of COVID-19 antibodies in samples from slums in the city was found to have decreased by 12 per cent in the second sero survey, the Mumbai civic body has said.

Coronavirus ICMR second sero survey: One in 15 individuals above the age of 10 were estimated to have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus by the end of August

Seventy per cent of people in Tamil Nadu have COVID-19 antibodies, the latest sero survey - the third since last year - revealed.

Nearly 87 per cent of people in the Greater Mumbai area have COVID-19 antibodies - meaning they have been exposed to the coronavirus at least once - according to the results of a sero-survey conducted between August 12 and September 9.

The ongoing serological surveillance on COVID-19 in Odisha will focus on those below 18 years as the rate of infection among children and adolescents is on the rise for the last two weeks, officials said on Tuesday.

Odisha on Sunday reported 849 new COVID-19 cases which took the tally in the state to 10,06,503, while 69 fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 7,834, a health official said.

Roughly two-thirds of all Indians above the age of six have, at some point, been infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus - which causes the COVID-19 disease - the government said this evening, as it announced the results of the fourth serosurvey.

Over 51 per cent of Mumbai's general paediatric population - those below 18 - have antibodies for COVID-19, a sero survey of 2,176 blood samples conducted in the city between April 1 and June 15 has revealed

The ICMR will start national-level sero surveys to assess the spread of COVID-19 and all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Union health ministry said on Friday.

The government will conduct a fourth national sero survey to monitor the spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus - which causes the COVID-19 disease - and prep for a potential third wave of infections, with the focus on children and rural areas

A sero survey by Mumbai's civic body in Maharashtra has found that women have more antibodies than men to the fight the coronavirus.

More than a quarter of children in India aged between 10 and 17 may have already contracted COVID-19, according to a government serological survey released on Thursday, higher than the 21.5 per cent of the overall population found to have been infected.

Over 21 per cent of the population, aged 10 years and above, showed evidence of past exposure to COVID-19 in the ICMR's latest national serosurvey, the government said on Thursday, noting that a large proportion of people are still vulnerable to the infection.

One in four persons in the city appears to be infected by COVID-19 and that the virus has touched almost every household in the national capital, said the Delhi High Court which on Wednesday perused latest sero survey report pointing out that the central district being the worst hit.

Calling for continued vigilance and a high state of preparedness against the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday directed health authorities to scale up COVID-19 testing and sero-surveys and said the facility to get tested regularly and speedily at a low cost must be available to all at the earliest.

The presence of COVID-19 antibodies in samples from slums in the city was found to have decreased by 12 per cent in the second sero survey, the Mumbai civic body has said.

Coronavirus ICMR second sero survey: One in 15 individuals above the age of 10 were estimated to have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus by the end of August