INSACOG plans to increase sites for sewage sample collection for COVID-19, say top health experts

Apr 11, 2022

New Delhi [India], April 11 : The Indian SARS Cov2 genomic consortium (INSACOG) is looking into the results of samples collected from 15 states...

Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples

Aug 02, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 : Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country...

INSACOG starts sewage water surveillance across 19 sites in 15 states to detect Sars-CoV-2

Apr 08, 2022

New Delhi [India], April 8 : With a continuous decline in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) has started...

UP: Rural women test over 30 lakh water samples in 9 months

Dec 30, 2022

The testing of water samples under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' was carried out by rural women in just nine months.

Sewage sampling results indicating no upsurge or new COVID variant in India: Dr NK Arora

Jan 10, 2023

The testing of the sewage samples has not identified any new variant of COVID, a top health expert said on Tuesday, while also adding...

Pakistan: Contaminated water linked to rising diarrhoea cases among children in Karachi

Sep 28, 2024

From February to April this year, the health department of Sindh province collected more than 50 water samples from different districts of the city...