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Govt to increase number of genome sequencing for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated On: 29 December, 2020 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
"Prior to the news of the UK variant, we had done roughly 5,000 genome sequences across labs. Now, we will be significantly increasing that number and would be working in a coordinated manner in the shape of a consortium," said Bhushan
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The government will increase the number of genome sequencing for COVID-19 in view of the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
"An important development is the establishment of INSACOG which is a consortium of 10 government labs to do genome sequencing of the Sars (COVID-19) virus or any variant of that virus. These labs belong to ICMR, BioTech India, CSIR and Health Ministry," Bhushan said in a press conference here.
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