Increase testing in districts where COVID-19 infection numbers are high: Delhi High Court to AAP govtAs the matter could not be heard in detail due to paucity of time, the bench asked the Delhi government, represented by additional standing...
Indian startup develops tech to complete COVID-19 sero-survey of 1 cr samples in a weekIndian IT startup Thalamus Irwine claims to have developed an Artificial Intelligence and IoT-based solution to complete a sero-survey with...
India had estimated 74 mn COVID-19 infections by August: ICMR's 2nd national sero surveyIt stated that one in nine individuals who did not report any COVID-19-related symptoms in the past had the presence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG anti...
50 per cent of Bhubaneswar population developed antibodies against COVID: RMRCHowever, the remaining 50 per cent of the state capitals 11 lakh people is still vulnerable to the infection and there should not be any co...
One in 15 above 10 years had the coronavirus by AugustOne in 15 people above the age of 10 in India had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, by August, according to the s...
One in 15 people aged 10 and above estimated to be exposed to SARS-CoV2 by Aug: ICMR sero surveyThe second survey further showed that there is a lower infection to case ratio in August compared to May which reflects a substantial incre...
Sero-survey conducted in August finds no antibodies in 30% of recovered COVID-19 patientsAbout 15,000 representative samples were taken in the August 1-7 survey from 11 districts and tested for antibodies (IgG) against the virus.
High sero prevalence in cities indicate India's IFR might be low, despite doubts about under reporting of deathsThere is growing consensus that the infection fatality rate (IFR) might be much lesser for India, despite the doubts over the accuracy of C...
Covid-19 has infected a large chunk of Pune’s population: Sero StudySero surveys are done to assess the spread of disease and immunity in a population and are helpful in planning health systems. Trends in th...
New sero-survey: One-fourth of samples to be taken from people in 50 and above age group"All districts are to ensure that out of total number of samples, 25 per cent are of those younger than 18 years of age, another 50 per cen...
Delhi's sero-prevalence study finds 23.48 per cent people affected by Covid-19The study, which was conducted from June 27 to July 10 by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with the Delhi go...
Prevalence of Covid-19 infection, at 55%, is the highest in Ahmedabad containment zones: SourcesWhile data indicates that a large population in the containment zones has already been infected and developed some immunity to Covid-19, Ah...
Expedite approval process for rapid antigen, RTPCR testing: HC to ICMR, NABLDelhi High Court directed the ICMR and healthcare accreditation body NABL to expedite the process of granting approvals to private labs and...
Delhi plans sero survey, but one by ICMR not yet revealed“We will start sero-surveillance in Delhi through antibody testing to see how much of the population is exposed to the infection as of now,...
Are we really in a bad Covid spot? You will know this weekThe findings of the sero-surveillance report, which will show how widely Covid-19 has spread amongst the general population of the country,...
ICMR comes out with list of antibody detection kits to be used for sero-surveysThe apex health research body has so far approved three batches of 'COVID Kavach ELISA IgG kits' developed by Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd, ...
SARS-Cov2: First results of prevalence study to be out in JuneThe national sero-surveillance study to detect presence of antibodies against to SARS-Cov2 will help the authorities device strategies rega...