India detects over 24,000 mutations in 7,000 variants of Covid
India detects over 24,000 mutations in 7,000 variants of Covid
IANS / Updated: Feb 23, 2021, 10:45 IST
The
India have detected over 24,000
mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday.
The officials added that the mutations have been detected in around 7,000 variants of the novel
coronavirus which are under circulation in the country. We have detected around 24,300 mutations in 7,000 variants of the virus currently under circulation, an official who is a key member of
National Task Force for
Quashing rumours of a coronavirus-induced lockdown in Maharashtra once again, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday warned that strict action will be taken against those who will be found spreading fake information.
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India on Tuesday registered 10,584 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall count to 1,10,16,434. Seventy-eight more deaths pushed the country’s toll to 1,56,463.
The number of active cases stood at 1,47,306, while the number of recoveries reached 1,07,12,665. As many as 1,17,45,552 health care and frontline workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus so far. Of these, 6,28,696 were inoculated on Monday.
India is using two vaccines, the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute in Pune, and a government-backed vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech whose efficacy is not entirely yet known.
The officials added that the mutations have been detected in around 7,000 variants of the novel coronavirus which are under circulation in the country.
India detects over 24K mutations in 7K variants of Covid
Tue, Feb 23 2021 11:36:55 AM
By Ashish Srivastava
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS): The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday.
The officials added that the mutations have been detected in around 7,000 variants of the novel coronavirus which are under circulation in the country. We have detected around 24,300 mutations in 7,000 variants of the virus currently under circulation, an official who is a key member of the National Task Force for Covid-19 informed.
The information was also corroborated by contacts working at laboratories that are part of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG) set-up by the Union Health Ministry in December last year in the backdrop of the emergence of a newly identified variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the UK, South Africa and some other parts of the world.