For the first time children will be part of the nation-wide serological survey to be conducted this month by the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr). Three districts inOdisha(Ganjam, Rayagada andKoraput) will be part of this nationwide survey.
The RMRC with the support of the has already conducted state-level sero surveys last year. It had started this survey atPuriin June last year. Later it conducted the survey at Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Baramba-Narasinghpur, Rourkela, Paralakhemundi,MalkangiriandCuttack.