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ICMR to conduct next National Sero Surevy in June to assess Covid-19 spread
The ICMR’s fourth round of national-level sero survey to assess the intensity of the spread of COVID-19 in India will begin this month, but all states/UTs should also be encouraged to conduct them so that information from all geographies can be collected, the Centre said on Friday.
At a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said the Covid situation in the country appears to be stabilising with a decline in daily and active cases and the positivity rate coming down to almost 5 per cent.
He, however, urged people to continue following the Covid appropriate behaviour and social distancing norms.
“The ICMR will begin work for the next sero survey this month which will help assess the intensity of spread of COVID-19. But if we want to protect our geographies, we cannot depend on one national sero survey alone and will have to encourage states/UTs to do sero surveys at their levels also,” Paul said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the sero survey will be held across 70 districts in 21 states and will include children aged 6 years and above.
