About 21.5% Indians have Covid, majority still vulnerable to infection: Sero-survey
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About 21.5% Indians have Covid, majority still vulnerable to infection: Sero-survey

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More than 21% of people above the age of 10 showed evidence of exposure to the Sars CoV-2 virus that causes covid-19, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research’s third national seroprevalence survey. The prevalence of infection was found among 25.7% of healthcare workers, said ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargava, while releasing the survey findings on Thursday. The infection proportion among children aged 10-17 years was found to be 25.3%,” said Bhargava. “The overall picture of the current sero survey shows that even now the infection can spread to more than 75% of the people.

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