News | January 23, 2022
Omicron is now in community transmission in India: INSACOG
The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases
The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases
Department of Biotechnology is going to play an important part in the integrated holistic healthcare approach against elimination of Tuberculosis
PM emphasises the need to enhance lab surveillance & testing of all Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases & ramp up genome sequencing
The centre has initiated next generation sequencing (NGS) as a tool for undertaking studies on genomic epidemiology of pathogens
Centre and states need to work in tandem and in a collaborative spirit as was done during the previous surges for COVID-19 prevention and management
Modi stressed the need to ensure that the entire Covid infrastructure at all levels is maintained at a high level of preparedness in terms of equipment, processes, and human resources
Strand Life Sciences has sequenced a total of 12800 samples from July, 2021 to June, 2022, and identified more than a 100 lineages circulating in Bengaluru
States were also strongly advised to strictly monitor epidemiological profile of admitted COVID patients
The recommendation was made by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG), a network of national testing labs set up by the government to monitor genomic variations of Covid-19
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said a large number of Covid-19 bio-repositories and samples were made available to academia and industry
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