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SARS-CoV-2 has infected less than 1% of sample population: ICMR survey -Maitri Porecha

-The Hindu Business Line

Less than one per cent of the population surveyed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 83 districts, is believed to be exposed to SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. As very few persons have been exposed to the virus, the Centre warned on Thursday that a large proportion of the population is still vulnerable to get infected. As a result, the Centre has also stated that local lockdown measures need to continue.

About 26,400 individuals from 83 districts, which were further divided into 770 clusters, were tested for IgG antibodies using Covid Kavach Elisa test, indigenously designed by the ICMR. “If a person is IgG positive, it means that he/she was infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past,” said Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR. This is different from the routine reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test carried out on throat or nasal swabs of individuals to confirm the presence of infection.

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