Indian Council of Medical Research director general Balram Bhargava termed the finding a “silver lining” in the country’s fight against the...

At a time when several states are reopening schools for senior classes from 9 to 12, the Centre said it would be betterto reopen primary sc...

Concerns have been raised in India over the probable third wave where children and young age groups were thought to get affected the most. ...

It 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...

However, 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...

The study found that 23.7 percent of Assam’s population have been exposed to the coronavirus before mid-August. The survey was done between...

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,...

Over 5,000 individuals were surveyed from 60 containment zones of 12 hotspot cities including Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur, Jodhp...

About 15,000 representative samples were taken in the August 1-7 survey from 11 districts and tested for antibodies (IgG) against the virus.

“The low prevalence observed in most districts indicates that India is in the early phase of the epidemic and the majority of the Indian po...

The sample size this time will be 17,000 and the exercise will be carried out for seven days, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.

The Indian Council of Medical Research has not yet disclosed the full report of a nationwide sero survey conducted three months ago, prompt...

The sero-prevalence found in North East district was 29 per cent, South district 27 per cent, South East 33 per cent and New Delhi 24 per c...

Sero surveys are done to assess the spread of disease and immunity in a population and are helpful in planning health systems. Trends in th...

"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...

The findings of the sero-surveillance report, which will show how widely Covid-19 has spread amongst the general population of the country,...

“The findings of the data have not been shared with the ICMR epidemiology and surveillance working group as yet,” DCS Reddy, chairman of th...