COVID-19 surge | ‘INSACOG shared analysis on new strains with government’
The Hindu
INSACOG refers to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Consortia
The INSACOG consortium of scientists, spanning 10 labs across the country, and involved in sequencing genomes of coronavirus samples in different States, had been giving regular updates on the threat from new strains to the government, said a senior member of the group. “The INSACOG members have meetings every alternate day. Whatever the results of analysis that emerge from the threat posed by new strains is shared with the National Centres for Disease Control and being a Health Ministry [body] is naturally shared with government,” Rakesh Mishra, Advisor, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, told The Hindu. Dr. Mishra retired as the Institute’s Director in April and since has been a scientific advisor there. “This system has been in place for most of this year, since the INSACOG system has been put into place,” he said.More Related News