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Most people have either been infected with COVID-19 earlier or have taken
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Claiming that 97 per cent of those under the sixth serological survey in Delhi have developed antibodies against coronavirus, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday while specifying the reason for the same said that this is because most of the popul
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Serosurvey does not cover granularity at state level, misleading informati
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Serosurveys cannot be extrapolated to estimate mortality rates of COVID-19 or undercounting of the number of coronavirus infections as they are not meant to cover granularity at the level of the state, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said on Tuesda
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Two-third population had COVID-19 antibodies, 40 cr still vulnerable: 4th
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) on Tuesday announced the results of the fourth countrywide serosurvey which revealed that two-thirds of the general population of the country has developed SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and 40 crore people are still vu
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Over 50 pc children in Mumbai have COVID antibodies, says BMC
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): In a pediatric serosurvey conducted ahead of a likely COVID third wave, over 50 per cent children in Mumbai aged between 1 to 18 years has developed antibodies against the coronavirus, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said on Monday.
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Serosurvey will help to know how far we are from herd immunity, says scien
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): With the Indian Council of Medical Research slated to conduct the fourth national serosurvey in the country this month, a scientist associated with CSIR has said it will help find out "how far are we from herd immunity" against COVID-19.
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ICMR to start 4th national serosurvey in June, states should also assess C
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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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Covid-19 antibodies found in 16 pc people of Karnataka: Minister K Sudhaka
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 4 (ANI): A serosurvey has revealed that around 16 per cent of the people in Karnataka have developed antibodies against Covid-19 virus, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.
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Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to begin next phase of serosurvey from t
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin the next phase of serosurvey in the BMC area from Friday.
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Over 25 pc people developed COVID-19 antibodies as per Serosurvey report i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Over 25 per cent of the people have developed antibodies to COVID-19 in Delhi according to a serosurvey report, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday.
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COVID-19: Second round of countrywide serosurvey completed, final plase un
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday informed that second round of the countrywide serosurvey for COVID-19 has been successfully completed and the final phase analysis of the survey is now underway.
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Nearly 20% Andhra residents have developed antibodies to COVID-19: Sero su
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 11 (ANI): The result of a serosurvey in Andhra Pradesh has shown that 19.7 per cent of people have developed antibodies to COVID-19. It also revealed that a high percentage of people who had contracted the coronavirus were asymptomatic, said the
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Increase in antigen testing, sero survey to combat COVID-19 in Pune: Javad
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 5 (ANI): Antigen testing will be increased in containment areas in the city area of Pune to combat COVID-19 spread, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday.
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