AIIMS-ICMR COVID-19 Study

Project Number Research Section AIIMS: I-1391

IEC, AIIMS: Ethical Approval No. IEC-260/04.03.2022,RP-36/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to inflict a heavy toll on the lives of the Indian population. The number of people infected as well as recovered from COVID-19 is unprecedented to date. There are non-specific reports of persisting symptoms in persons who have recovered from COVID-19 either short or long-term. The long-term consequence of COVID-19 is unknown and the information on late sequelae of COVID-19 is limited as of today. The current study is a community-based door-to-door study that will explore the pre-existing health impairments, including hypertension and diabetes before the pandemic, and post-covid 19 symptoms among participants living in the rural predominant districts. Furthermore, the study also aims to know the prevalence of COVID-19 disease, the death rate, and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country’s rural population. The second part of the study is to assess the post-COVID-19 symptoms, health problems and mortality following infection, and vaccination status among patients with a history of the disease.