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The laboratory was set up as a part of Delhi’s preparation for a possible third Covid wave of COVID-19.
The genome sequencing laboratory can identify variants of COVID-19.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (July 7, 2021) inaugurated Delhi’s first genome sequencing laboratory at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital and said that the lab will begin by sequencing 6-8 samples a week.
The laboratory was set up as a part of Delhi’s preparation for a possible third wave of COVID-19. The genome sequencing laboratory can identify variants of COVID-19.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated a genome sequencing lab at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital y day.
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India recorded 37,566 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 907 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, the country saw a total of 56,994 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,93,66,601. The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,03,16,897 with 5,52,659 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 3,97,637.
India s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
Key to the scramble is a renewed vaccination push and efforts to boost India s medical infrastructure to stockpile supplies, such as oxygen cylinders, and augment care networks from city slums to far-flung villages. India s vaccine makers, particularly the Serum Institute, are under pressure to enhance production to service the urgent domestic need even as the world waits for exports from the country to resume.
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A health worker cheers 7-year-old boy Rudra Singh, and his family members who have recovered from Covid-19 as they prepare to leave an isolation centre. Failure could be brutal. India is reeling from a pandemic punch that brought staggering official daily death tolls of more than 4500 at its peak in mid-May. At present, just 3.5 per cent of India s more than 1.3 billion people are fully vaccinated.