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Two-thirds of India's population has Covid antibodies: ICMR's serosurvey

Despite high seropositivity shown in data, the government has cautioned that around 400 million people in India were still vulnerable to the virus

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Health workers administer a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to beneficiaries during a special one-day vaccination drive at a vaccination center in Beawar. Photo: PTI

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
Two-thirds of India’s general population has Covid antibodies, according to the fourth national serosurvey conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research between last weeks of June and early July this year.

The overall seroprevalence in the country was around 67.6 per cent. While children in the age group 6-9 years showed the lowest exposure to Covid, over 57 per cent of them showed antibodies.

Despite high seropositivity shown in data, the government has cautioned that around 400 million people in India were still vulnerable to the virus.  “The rise in seroprevalence is due to two factors - the second wave

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