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India well-equipped to swiftly detect, contain new COVID variants: Ex-ICMR
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As of Tuesday morning, India has reported 6,815 active COVID-19 cases. According to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), 163 cases of the new COVID-19 variant XFG have recently been detected across the country.
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"It is not causing severe infections or hospitalisation": Former AIIMS dir
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former AIIMS director and senior pulmonologist, Dr Randeep Guleria said that the new subvariant of COVID is not causing severe infections and hospitalisation.
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Covid subvariant JN.1: No need for additional dose of vaccine at present,
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid a surge in COVID cases in India and the detection of a subvariant JN.1, India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora said that no additional dose of vaccine is required against the subvariant at the present stage.
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COVID-19 Update: No cause for panic over JN.1 subvariant, says INSACOG Chi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's COVID-19 situation remains under control, with an active caseload of 1,828 as of Monday. However, one death was reported in Kerala, where the JN.1 subvariant of the coronavirus was recently detected. Dr NK Arora, the chief of INSACOG, a network of genomic laboratories that tracks
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Covid subvariant JN.1 in Kerala: Union Health Ministry initiates preparedn
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Ministry of Health has initiated preparedness measures after a case of the JN.1 subvariant of COVID has been identified in Kerala as part of the ongoing routine surveillance conducted by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), said a government release on Saturday.
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Covid subvariant JN.1 case detected in Kerala, raises concerns
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, pan-India network tasked with sequencing and keeping an eye on new threatening Covid-19 variants, has done surveillance where this variant has been found in Kerala.
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INSACOG to hold meeting today on genome sequencing and presence of differe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) will hold a virtual meeting Friday evening on Genome sequencing which will focus on the genome sequencing results of international travellers who tested Covid-19 positive, sources told ANI.
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No mass Covid testing in state now, will wait for results of genome sequen
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Maharashtra Health Secretary Sanjay Khandare on Wednesday divulged the action plans to be followed by the state to curb covid cases following the covid advisory, released by Union Ministry to all States and Union Territories. The Centre in its advisory requested States and UTs to send sample
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Centre directs States to conduct genome sequencing of COVID positive sampl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to send samples of all COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG labs to track new variants.
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Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 are signals to be cautious: E
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is likely to issue a bulletin regarding Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 reported in India.
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Omicron strains 20-30 pc more infectious: INSACOG to review data of genom
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants on Friday, said sources.
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Omicron, sub-lineages circulating predominantly in India: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), in a weekly meeting, reviewed the data of genomic surveillance of variants and found that at present, Omicron and its sub-lineages are the predominant mutataions that are circulating in India.
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