(a) whether the Government has any information about the survey of Sero-positivity, Sero-prevalence for Corona virus/COVID-19, taken by the States/UT or private entities;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, whether the Government has any proposal to conduct such a survey?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR
(a) to (c): Findings of the national serosurvey of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India were corroborated into published articles from time to time by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)& its Institutes. Listed in the Table below are the details of the respective publications reporting State/District-wise national serosurvey data from January 2020-January 2021.
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No. Title of the article Journal Name Web links
1 Laboratory surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in India: Performance of testing & descriptive epidemiology of detected COVID- 19, January 22 - April 30, 2020 Indian Journal of Medical Research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530445/
2 Prevalence of SARSCoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020 Indian Journal of Medical Research https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32952144/
3 SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India,August-September,2020:findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey The Lancet Global Health https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X20305441
4 SARS-CoV-2
Sero prevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in
India. December 2020-January 2021 International Journal of Infectious Disease https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00442-2/fulltext#%20
Besides, serosurvey conducted by National Center for Disease Control (NCDC)on people above 5 years of age in Delhi in July 2020 shows 23.48 % seroprevalence.
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