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Various stakeholders partner to provide insights into the genetic
epidemiology of COVID-19 in Kerala
COVID-19 Genetic Epidemiology Kerala is a unique partnership between the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala, National Health Mission, Govt. of Kerala, CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and various clinical and public health centres in Kerala aimed at providing insights into the genetic epidemiology of COVID-19 in Kerala.
The initiative aims to combine genomic and epidemiological information to guide public health interventions and policies. The initiative would also enable the understanding of transmission patterns, outbreaks apart from enabling evidence-based policies for testing, intervention. It is also expected that the initiative would also serve as a framework for evaluating policies.
Website link:
https://genescov2.genomes.in/home
INSACOG to monitor the genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2
INSACOG, the consortium of 10 national laboratories, is jointly established by the MoHFW and DBT to monitor the genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2 for genomic, epidemiological and clinical correlation to assist public health response. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is since then carrying out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses and correlating epidemiological trends with genomic variants. Genomic variants of various viruses are a natural phenomenon and are found in almost all countries.
Website link:
http://dbtindia.gov.in/insacog
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