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The 4th round of national sero-survey for #COVID19 was conducted in the months of June and July 2021. The survey design was slightly different from the previous three sero-surveys as children aged 6-17 yrs were included this time: DG, @ICMRDELHI

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4th round of national sero-survey conducted over 28,975 individuals (adults and children), apart from 7,252 healthcare workers in 70 districts where earlier three rounds were also conducted: DG, @ICMRDELHI

4th Round of National Sero-Survey: Overall sero-prevalence is 67.6% in the entire population

Amongst the adults (those aged>= 18 yrs) under survey, there was no vaccine in 62.2% people, while 24.8% had taken single dose of vaccine and 13% were fully vaccinated

: DG, @ICMRDELHI

Sero-prevalence found to be higher in those aged >45 yrs, around 77%, while for the rest it is around 67%

No difference in sero-prevalence on basis of gender

Not much difference also found between rural & urban areas, though it's slightly higher in urban areas
: DG, @ICMRDELHI

While sero-prevalence was 0.7% during May-June 2020, it was 7.1% in Aug-Sept 2020, 24.1% in Dec 2020- Jan 2021 and 67.6% in June-July 2021: DG, @ICMRDELHI

Sero-prevalence for unvaccinated is 62.3%, 81% in those with a single dose of vaccine and 89.8% in those with both doses of vaccine: DG, @ICMRDELHI

Overall sero-prevalence in healthcare workers was 85.2%

: DG, @ICMRDELHI

Findings of the 4th Round of National Sero-survey:

2/3rd of the general population had #SARSCoV2 infection

Approx. 40 crore population of this country is still vulnerable

More than half of the children were sero-positive

: DG, @ICMRDELHI

4th round of sero-survey implies that there is a ray of hope, but there is no room for complacency

We must maintain COVID Appropriate Behaviour and community engagement

Congregations and non-essential travels to be avoided, travel only if fully vaccinated

: DG, @ICMRDELHI

We need to ensure full vaccination of all healthcare workers and accelerate vaccination coverage in vulnerable population grps.

An imp. tool is tracking #COVID19 in SARI cases in district hospitals, which should continue

INSACOG is tracking Variants of Concern

:DG, @ICMRDELHI

Rise of sero-positivity has two factors: One is the second wave which means the suffering that #DeltaVariant inflicted on us. But also a part of the sero-positivity is coming from vaccination: Dr. V.K. Paul, @NITIAayog

40 crore people, by this estimate (4th Round of National Sero-survey) have no antibodies. We would like them to gain protection through vaccination and not infection and that's the endeavour that this nation is mounting: Dr. V K. Paul, @NITIAayog

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One out of three people are still vulnerable to #COVID19. Therefore, the pandemic is in no way over. Second wave is still persisting. The danger of new outbreaks is very much there. The overall vulnerability for the nation still remains: Dr. V.K. Paul, @NITIAayog

This national-level sero-survey does not fully allow us to understand the local (state, district and sub-district level) dynamics. For that, we strongly recommend timely, high quality sero-surveys to understand specific population level spread of the disease: Dr. V.K. Paul

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