The government has decided to conduct serosurvey to find out the intensity of COVID spread in the state.

The survey will be conducted after the completion of the local body poll in December. Antibody tests will be carried out among various categories of people across 14 districts to find out the percentage of infected persons among the population.

The decision to conduct the survey was taken at the review meeting presided over by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan the other day.

Meanwhile, the state government has started preparations for the distribution of COVID vaccine in the state. The government is taking down the details of health workers who will receive the vaccine in the first phase.

The National Health Mission has been entrusted with the task of putting the information together.

The authorities have directed that a special task force should be constituted under DMOs and the entire information-gathering work should be completed by November 21.