New UK strain threat: India to begin genome sequencing of genes of 5% Covid +ve samples

The National Task Force on Covid-19 has recommended that as part of “prospective surveillance”, 5% of positive cases from all states and UTs be tested for whole-genome sequencing to check for the presence of the “UK strain” that is seen to have a higher degree of infectiousness.

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