Covid-19 lockdown a success, no community transmission in India: ICMR

The sero-survey has found that 0.73 per cent of the population in the districts surveyed had evidence of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2

India's first sero-survey on Covid-19 spread has found that the lockdown and containment measures were successful in preventing a rapid rise in infections, but a large proportion of the population still remains susceptible, the government said on Thursday, asserting that the country is not in the community transmission stage.

The sero-survey has two parts, the first being, the estimation of the fraction of population that has been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in general population and the second being, the estimation of the fraction of population that has been infected with the coronavirus in containment zones of hotspot cities, Indian Council of