Over 16,000 COVID-19 samples sent for whole genome sequencing in July, August: Centre

Genomic surveillance of SARS-COV-2 is crucial to determine incidence and prevalence of the variants of concern. "It is clarified that the number of sequences, as quoted in the report, seems to be taken from Indian COVID19 Genome Surveillance portal," the ministry said.

Source: The Economic Times - September 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news