New Delhi: A novel variant of the coronavirus had been detected in India in addition to many different variants of concern (VOCs) additionally discovered overseas, the Union Health Ministry knowledgeable on Wednesday.
Taking to Twitter, the ministry wrote, “Genome Sequencing by INSACOG shows variants of concern and a novel variant in India.”
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— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) March 24, 2021
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 25.
INSACOG is repsonsible for finishing up genomic sequencing and evaluation of circulating COVID-19 viruses, and correlating epidemiological traits with genomic variants.
Since INSACOG initiated its work, as many as 771 variants of issues (VOCs) have been detected in a complete of 10787 optimistic samples shared by States/UTs.
The samples with these VOCs have been recognized throughout 18 states in the nation.
These embrace 736 samples optimistic for viruses of the UK (B.1.1.7) lineage. Around 34 samples had been discovered optimistic for viruses of the South African (B.1.351) lineage.
While one pattern was discovered optimistic for viruses of the Brazilian (P.1) lineage.
“Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establish a direct relationship or explain the rapid increase in cases in some States,” the assertion learn.
Notably, genomic variants of varied viruses are a pure phenomenon and are discovered in virtually all international locations.
