sero survey done. ICMR will begin work for next sero survey this month. But if we want to protect our geographies we won't have to depend on national sero survey alone, we'll have to encourage states for serosurveys too," Dr VK Paul said.It would be the fourth sero survey conducted by the ICMR in the country.
The sero survey would begin in 70 districts across the country, and would include children aged 6 years and above.Apart from the general population, the ICMR officials would collect the blood samples of health care workers in district hospitals of 70 districts in 21 states.The 21 states where the samples would be collected for the sero survey include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka,.