At least three more people, who returned to Kolkata from London on December 20, have been detected with Covid-19, prompting authorities to send their samples to sequence the genome to determine if they were infected with the newer and more contagious. strain of disease found. in the United Kingdom. “All …
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The United States, the country most affected by the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has not been proactive in sequencing cases to verify genetic changes, according to a global database on coronavirus genomes. The GISAID Initiative said the United States ranks abysmally low, at 43rd. The report released last week …
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NEW DELHI: All international passengers who arrived in India on December 9-22 and tested positive for Covid-19 will undergo genome sequencing as part of the Center’s strategy to detect the mutated coronavirus strain that has emerged in the UK recently. Others will be followed by state and district surveillance officers, …
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Genome sequencing will be performed on all symptomatic Covid positive international flyers (archive) New Delhi: Genome sequencing will be carried out on all international passengers who exhibited symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus in the past 14 days, the government said after six people tested positive for the UK super-infectious …
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NEW DELHI: Up to 46 travelers who returned from Britain have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Most of the passenger samples who tested positive were sent to the National Institute of Virology for genome sequencing and determining whether any of the patients carry the new strain …
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A new variant of the coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom sometime in September is likely to have already reached India, experts said Tuesday, calling for increased surveillance based on whole genome sequencing to detect the new mutation and prevent it. further spread. The new variant, VUI – 202012/01, …
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