BMC requests NIV to send Covid-19 positive wastewater for genome sequencing
2 years, 9 months ago

BMC requests NIV to send Covid-19 positive wastewater for genome sequencing

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Two weeks after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announced its plan of genome sequencing the Covid-19 positive sewage water samples, it has now requested agencies like National Institute of Virology, Pune to send their waste water samples found RT-PCR positive for genome sequencing. We will divide the samples for RT-PCR among us and positive samples will be processed for genome sequencing,” said Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner, BMC. A BMC health official, said NIV had collected more than 2000 samples since July 2020 and has significant positive samples that they haven’t processed yet for genome sequencing. We are therefore tapping new sources like wastewater samples for genome sequencing,” said Kakani.

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Genome sequencing of 500 COVID-19 samples collected in December being done at INSACOG labs: Official sources
2 years ago

Genome sequencing of 500 COVID-19 samples collected in December being done at INSACOG labs: Official sources

The Hindu  

Genome sequencing of around 500 COVID-19 samples collected in December are being done at the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium labs across the country at present, sources said on December 31 during a high-level COVID-19 review meeting chaired by a top government official amid a surge in cases in some countries. Mr. Mishra was apprised of the evolving global scenario of …

Centre's genome sequencing notice to states, UTs amid China's Covid spurt
2 years ago

Centre's genome sequencing notice to states, UTs amid China's Covid spurt

Hindustan Times  

Amid a sudden spurt in Covid-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, the central government on Tuesday urged all states and Union territories to gear up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of emerging variants. Public health challenge of Covid-19 still persists around the world with around 35 lakh cases reported weekly. …

Centre writes to states over rise in Covid-19 cases abroad
2 years ago

Centre writes to states over rise in Covid-19 cases abroad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to all states and Union territories to gear up genome sequencing of positive Covid-19 cases to track variants in light of spurts of cases being seen in Japan, USA, Republic of Korea, Brazil and China. The letter states that genome sequencing will enable timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the …

Mumbai’s first genome sequencing lab aims to break Covid code
3 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai’s first genome sequencing lab aims to break Covid code

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-year-old research scientist Vidushi Chitalia loads a cartridge into the sequencing machine with a large display screen. Mumbai’s first genome sequencing lab, which was inaugurated on August 4, is not part of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium — a network of 28 laboratories across the country tasked with studying the genomes of the various variants that emerge through the course …

Punjab’s new Covid genome sequencing lab set up at Patiala; no new variant detected so far
3 years, 3 months ago

Punjab’s new Covid genome sequencing lab set up at Patiala; no new variant detected so far

India TV News  

No new coronavirus variant was identified from the around 150 samples tested at the newly set up COVID-19 genome sequencing facility at Patiala, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Thursday. Experts say, if a new variant is found in a specific area, there is an immediate need to conduct contact tracing and testing of all suspected patients to …

We need better testing, genome sequencing and mortality data
3 years, 8 months ago

We need better testing, genome sequencing and mortality data

Live Mint  

The second wave of the covid pandemic has overburdened our health system. The latest CRS data suggest that in Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Kerala, only 50-80% of deaths are registered within 21 days. Moreover, 13.1% of total medically-certified deaths with a ‘medical certificate of cause of death’ were classified under the …

NCDC chief says even 5% of samples can't be sent for genome sequencing as India battles Covid variants
3 years, 8 months ago

NCDC chief says even 5% of samples can't be sent for genome sequencing as India battles Covid variants

India Today  

Ever since the country commenced genome sequencing of Covid-19 samples using a network of 10 laboratories called INSACOG, less than 1 per cent of the total samples have been sequenced. He went on to say that conducting genome sequencing on 5 per cent of total samples that have tested positive for Covid-19 currently is "not feasible because of the sharp …

New Covid-19 Strain: Total 25 People in India Test Positive
4 years ago

New Covid-19 Strain: Total 25 People in India Test Positive

News 18  

A total of 25 people in the country have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV-2 so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. "The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the states for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing and dispatch of samples to INSACOG labs," the ministry said on Tuesday, …

Japanese researchers find presence of COVID-19 in sewage plants, proves to be an early warning signal for transmission
4 years, 6 months ago

Japanese researchers find presence of COVID-19 in sewage plants, proves to be an early warning signal for transmission

Firstpost  

Public health experts say such sampling of sewage could be used to estimate the number of infected people in a region without testing every individual. Public health experts say such sampling could be used to estimate the number of infected people in a region without testing every individual. “Sewage testing is used as an early warning system to alert people …

Researchers in India find evidence of Covid-19 genes in sewage
4 years, 7 months ago

Researchers in India find evidence of Covid-19 genes in sewage

Hindustan Times  

In what may be first evidence from India of the presence of the Sars-Cov-2 virus in sewage, the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar has found non-infectious genes of the coronavirus in wastewater samples collected from untreated sewage in an outlet in Ahmedabad. “Wastewater is an important source to monitor the presence and progress of the infection because the virus leaves the …

Testing not enough, scientists examine sewage to gauge spread of coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Testing not enough, scientists examine sewage to gauge spread of coronavirus

India Today  

Given that most Indians are unlikely to be tested for Covid-19, scientists are taking a cue from the country's surveillance programme for polio and turning to sewage to get a clearer snapshot of how many people are infected with the coronavirus. Even if the people show symptoms for novel coronavirus,it will take three to 15 days actually to detect it," …

Covid-19 testing: Officials turn to sewage
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 testing: Officials turn to sewage

CNN  

CNN — As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. “We want to identify hotspots, run this at 10 treatment facilities across a county of 560,000 people, and find out with these hotspots where they are and where they’re not.” Meyer said he has spoken with …

Coronavirus Outbreak: US company Biobot to test if sewage water can detect the spread of COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: US company Biobot to test if sewage water can detect the spread of COVID-19

Firstpost  

A team of researchers in the US will be studying sewage water that carries stool to detect the presence of coronavirus The coronavirus pandemic has affected over 8 lakh people around the world, with over 30,000 people succumbing to it. They will be studying sewage water that carries stool to detect the presence of the virus. Using this data, a …

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