According to an Insacog member, the new Deltacron variant which has been seen in some countries has not been found so far in India. However...

In the fourth week of December, Omicron was found in 50% of the samples sent for genomic sequencing. In the second and third weeks of Janua...

So far, Insacog or the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, has not found clear evidence on the severity of the symptoms, or the ability ...

"We have taken measures to set up genomic sequencing labs, it requires expert facilities and lab equipment. Instructions have been given to...

"The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), being coordinated by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), as on November 25, 2021 h...

Another member said all samples lifted in November will be sequenced on priority. "By next week the results of all these samples should com...

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), a consortium of government institutions involved in the genome sequencing of the novel...

The government has decided to involve private sector laboratories in the process of genome sequencing to detect new coronavirus variants so...

Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that analysis of the genomic data is a con...

Responding to a question on whether private laboratories are permitted to do genome sequencing of coronavirus, Minister of State for Health...

Since sequencing the virus is slightly expensive, with each test costing around ₹6,000, funding has become a bottleneck.

The British microbiologist’s comments come days after world leaders at the G7 Carbis Bay summit decided to scale up genome sequencing to 10...

The new variant is likely to cause severe symptoms. The findings of the pathogenicity evaluation show increased disease severity and point ...

The UK variant was found in 28 per cent of samples in the second week of March. In the last week of the month, 50 per cent of samples had t...

"I am told that out of 361 COVID-19 samples tested by the National Institute of Virology in Pune, 61 per cent had the double mutation. Howe...

Other investors in the consortium include Nandu Nandkishore, formerly EVP Asia, Oceania and Africa, Nestle & CEO Nestle Nutrition.

"All other partners of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium including India target to complete the sequencing in the next t...