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...

Hyderabad based BioGenex develops Direct RT-PCR Kit which detects all variants of Covid-19 Double Quick

Jan 13, 2022

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 13 (ANI/BusinessWire India): BioGenex Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. has developed a RT-PCR kit for Covid-19 diagnosis, which detects COVID 19...

Omicron strains 20-30 per cent more infectious: INSACOG to meet to review data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants

Aug 11, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 12 : Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will...

WHO establishes new group to study origins of coronavirus

Oct 13, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an expert group that will study the origins of new pathogens, including...

Delta variant is around 40-60 pc more transmissible than Alpha variant: Dr NK Arora

Jul 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], July 19 : The COVID-19 Delta variant is around 40-60 per cent more transmissible than Alpha Variant, revealed Dr NK Arora,...

COVID-19: INSACOG to discuss status, spread of Delta plus variant today

Jun 25, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 25 : The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium (INSACOG) in its weekly review meeting today will discuss the status and spread...