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Diretorate of Health ServicesSatpura Bhawan, Bhopal

Bhopal, Date o9 / 06/2020

1. HOD, CFM Department,AIIMS, Bhopal, MP.

2. HOD, PSM Department,Govt. Medical College, Indorerehopal, MP.

3. Chief Medical and Health Officer, Indore and Bhopal, MP.

Sub: - Regarding supporting National Sero-survey for COVID-19 being conducted by ICMRRef: - ICMR, New Delhi DO No. ECD/COVID-19"isc./2020 dated 18/05/2020

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In reference to the context it is stated that National Sero-survey for COVID-19 field activitieshave been completed from 69 chosen districts of the country. As a sec_o_nd part 9f th: survey IC.MR wi.tlinitiate surveys. in large cities reporting maximum numbers of cases for assessing th_e extent disease iEcontainment zones in urban areas.

ICMR has apprised that: -• District support for the said survey shall be needed in terms of travel, local movement of identified

survey staff (ICMR staff, supervision and monitoring staff, PPE (gloves and surgical masks for staff,lancets/cotton swabs etc., BMW management facility audit and local assistance by Health staff).

• Sample size per city is 500 and shall be completed in 1 day using 5 teams in each city (with strategy

of 5 contairment zones x 4 I.andom starting points x 25 households x 1 adult from each house)• For testing with ELISA, training and data management and analytical support shall be provided by

ICMR.• Cities included in Mp are Indore and Bhopal.• ICMR MOHFW has requested to engage all ICMR institutes, Community Medicine department of

Medical Colleges, Public Health institutes and WHO SMOs/TBINTD consultants for assistance at citylevel for monitoring the survey.

You are requested to provide all necessary assistance in this regard.

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Directorate of Health ServicesMadhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Date o3 / 06/2020Copy for kind information & necessary action: -

1. Prof. Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary to Col, Department of Health Research, MOHFW,Director -General, ICMR, New Delhi-110029

2. Addl. Chief Secretary, DoPHFW, Mantralay, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal, MP.3. Principal Secretary, DoPHFW, Mantralay, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal, MP.4. Principal Secretary, DOME, Mantralay, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal, MP.5. Health Commissioner & OSD, Satpura Bhawan, Bhopal, MP.6. Commissioner, Med. Edu. Satpura Bhawan, Bllopal, MP.7. Director, AIIMS, Bhopal, MP.8. Director, Medical Education, Bhopal, MP.9. Collector, Indore and Bhopal, MP.10. Municipal Commissioner, Indore and Bhopal, MP.

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Dear Colleagues,

This is in continuation to my earlier letter national sero-survey for COVID-19, (letter noD.O.No.ECD/COVID-19 /Misc./2020). With all your support and guidance most out of 69 districtshave either completed field activities or will be completing field activities for blood samplecollection from randomly selected population as per protocol finalized by national expert group

#:r:e:n:!';:i#£|iii##E:!!iii:i:rv:effi:#eTpp',dh'ya=te#e-¥e-#tr#I perscinally request yourto lead this

kind attention and further guidance to respective City`CommissionersImportant time bound survey. We ex ect support or surve`/

protection \as and when needed), PPE (gloves and surgical masks for staff), lancet and cottonswabs etc. and biomedical waste management facility, local assistance by health staff. Samplesize per City is 500,and can be completed within one day using 5 teams in each city (withstrategy c]f 5 containment zones X 4 random starting points X 25 households from each point Xfladult from each house)

For testing with ELISA` training and data management and analytical, support will be providedby lcMR. List of Cities and detailed protocol is annexed. To facilitate quality implementation of-._ t _ , _ _ __._ _. _'__ _ . _ .''__ _' '_ __-_''__ r.I _._-_I '--' '' I_.`__` ' _ '__'''._._ 1__''-, '' ''r-'_' I '_' '`_.'-' I -'

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I request you to personally review the progress in this important task with Health Departmentand Municipal Commissioners so that further decision making can be based on local scientificevidences.

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Chief Secretaries, for States of States of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pra.desh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

Cc for necessary action :

1. Principal Secretary - Health, States of Maharashtra,Gujar.at, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,angana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

2. MD. NHM for States of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,e angana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

3. Municipal Comm issioners, MCG

Rajasthan, .

M, Pune Municipal Corporation, Surat MunicipalCorporatlon, East Delhi, ;=±=[;eL!P£E£LJaipur, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Agra, Chennai,Kolkata

4. Dr Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India .5 Director of lcMR Institutes,

National Institute of lmmunology &Hematology, Mumbai,National Institutes of Virology, PuneNational Institute of Occupational Health, AhmedabadNational Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research, NICPRNational Institute for Research in Tribal Health, JabalpurNational Institute for Research in Environmental Health, BhopalNational Institute for lmplementation Research on Nan-Communicable Diseases,JodhpurNational Institute of Nutrition, HyderabadNational Jalma Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, AgraNational Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, ChennaiNational Institute of Communicable and enteric Diseases, Kolkata

6 Dr sanjay zodpey, President, lAPSM

Cc for information to :

1. Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary, MOHFW. Nirman Bha.van, New Delhi2. Shri Rajesh Bhushan, OSD (Health), Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi3. Shri Sudhanshu Pant, OSD, (Health), Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi4. Ms Vandana Gurnani, AS & MD (NHM), Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi5. Shri Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary,.MOHFW, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi6. Shri Vikas Sheel, Joint Secretary, (TB. Policy), MOHFW, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi .