Mumbai: Shot in BMC arm: Advanced genomic Covid-19 study to soon start in city lab

Mumbai: Whole-genome sequencing (WGS), the cutting-edge technology to closely study pathogens such as the Covid-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, will soon be possible in the BMC public health set-up. In the past year, Covid-19 samples for genome sequencing had to be sent outside the city, mainly to the NIV in Pune and IGIB in Delhi.
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