Coronavirus | Mutant strain of virus to be studied in Jaipur Updated: Updated: Sequencing lab to commence at the Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital Share Article Sequencing lab to commence at the Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital The mutant strain of the SARS-Cov-2 virus detected in Britain will be studied at the Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital here with genetic sequencing and testing of the spike protein. The biggest hospital in Rajasthan is developing the study facility at its state-of-the-art microbiology laboratory. SMS Medical College’s Principal and Controller Sudhir Bhandari told The Hindu on Thursday that the samples for study would be obtained from patients returning from Britain and other European countries, who test positive in the regular RT-PCR investigation. The hospital’s Microbiology Department was already conducting 6,000 RT-PCR tests a day, he said.