Pune: Central health officials said the government had decided to bind private laboratories in the order of genomes to detect a new variant of Coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health is looking for sequential 80,000 samples per month from 60,000 at this time.
“Involving private and state government laboratories other than the existing laboratory is the need for a potential third wave front hours.
The state must follow the minimum shipping protocol needed by the sample to sort,” said the National Disease Control Center Dr.
Sujit Singh According to other central health officials, involving the sector Private and government laboratories will increase sequencing efforts.
Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomic Consortia (Insacog) was established in January 2021.
Insacog will identify the potential of private laboratories and assess their abilities based on previous experiences and the number of samples they can seize, said an official.