Sero-surveillance: The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has issued an advisory to all the states of India to conduct serosurvey to monitor the Coronavirus pandemic. The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has issued an advisory to all the states of India to conduct serosurvey to monitor the Coronavirus pandemic. The advisory further states that these tests can be carried out on frontline workers, medical professionals, vendors, police personnel, the staff of restaurants and grocery shops, etc. In addition to these, individuals residing in the containment zones and patients with chronic illness tuberculosis, HIV, etc. will also be covered. The survey will also be conducted on asymptomatic individuals and the previously infected COVID-19 hit patients that have now recovered. The survey will be conducted with the help of the ELISA test kit. What is sero-surveillance? In serosurvey or sero-surveillance, testing of blood serum of a group of individuals is c...
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