Almost 90% of people in Mumbai have COVID-19 antibodies, finds new sero surveyThe fifth blood serum survey which tests for antibodies, known as a sero survey conducted between August and early September included 8,674...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
65% sero positivity in Odisha enough to tide over third wave, say expertsThe latest serological survey conducted in Ganjam, Rayagada and Koraput districts revealed a sero-positivity of more than 65% among the peo...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.52 AM IST
Sixth round of sero survey gets underway in DelhiSources said around 28,000 samples, about 100 from each of the 272 wards, will be collected as part of the exercise.
12 Apr, 2021, 07.31 PM IST
Delhi could be heading towards attaining 'herd immunity', indicates latest sero-surveyFor the survey, which ended a few days ago, samples of over 25,000 people from various districts across the city were collected, the offici...
25 Jan, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
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...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
2nd sero survey indicates drop in infections in Mumbai slumsThe 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,...
02 Oct, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
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...
30 Sep, 2020, 07.05 AM IST
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.
15 Sep, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
Covid-19: Delhi govt's next round of sero-survey begins; to be done ward-wiseThe sample size this time will be 17,000 and the exercise will be carried out for seven days, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
01 Sep, 2020, 02.54 PM IST
COVID-19: Antibodies found in 29 per cent people in August sero-surveyThe 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...
20 Aug, 2020, 12.36 PM IST
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...
18 Aug, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
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...
18 Aug, 2020, 07.29 AM IST
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...
02 Aug, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
Assessing COVID-19 situation: Second round of sero survey begins in Delhi, extended till Aug 7A senior government official said 15,000 samples would be collected from August 1 to 5 as part of the exercise, spanning different areas an...
02 Aug, 2020, 12.04 AM IST
22.8% in Delhi affected, have Covid-19 antibodies, sero-surveillance revealsThe survey, which was conducted from June 27 to July 10 by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with Delhi gover...
22 Jul, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
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...
21 Jul, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
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...
21 Jul, 2020, 07.19 AM IST