
Consortium launched to monitor genomic variations in SARS-CoV-2 virus
New Delhi, Dec 31 (India Science Wire): The Government of India has launched a Consortium
comprising 10 research laboratories from different parts of the country to monitor the genomic
variations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a regular basis.
Called Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), it will ascertain the
status of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01) in the country,
establish a sentinel surveillance for early detection of genomic variants with public health
implication, and determine the genomic variants in unusual events/trends such as super-spreader
events, high mortality/morbidity trend areas etc.
The consortia comprised of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (DBT-NIBMG), Institute of Life Scien...