According to reports, it is known that the 21 states in India are showing coronavirus antibodies which comprise two-thirds of the population. It is a high concern that the highest number ofcases is recorded in Kerala. 79% of the antibodies are from Madhya Pradesh, and44.4% are from Kerala.
The Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) had conductedthe fourth sero survey between July 14 and July 16 and the reports for the samewere released on Wednesday by the Union Health ministry. This survey of ICMR isconducted in 70 districts of the nation. The amount of antibodies in the bloodserum of the natives is known as seropositive or seroprevalence.
As per the result, each state should conduct its own surveysand the Ministry of Health has suggested the states start their ownseropositive study using the guidelines provided by the ICMR. This way of the surveywould help in reducing the Covid situation more easily.
The ICMR’s serosurvey was at a national level so itcouldn’t tell the survey between the districts and states. The test alsodetects the presence of antibodies in the blood serum in the population andthis is called sero-study or sero study. If a person has a high level ofantibodies, then that means that the person has Covid infection.
Generally, the test is done on the population of thewhole nation, and the population is chosen using several sampling methods. Thistest is not to be done on a large population or group. Antibodies were detectedin more than 70% of individuals in 8 states including MP, UP, and Rajasthan,which is more than the country's average of 67.6%.