Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, said: "There are 27 new Covid cases reported from 1,52,506 samples tested while 20 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours."
December 21, 2021Genome sequencing data revealed that delta variant was detected in 99 per cent of the sample in October, 97 per cent in September, 86 per cent in August and 52 per cent in July.
October 31, 2021“The genome sequencing tests must be done on the people who are affected with the virus even after being fully vaccinated. The primary objective is to find out whether if the vaccine has worked against the virus or if it has mutated,” the official said, adding that sequencing would be done everywhere in the state.
August 5, 2021The INSACOG has sequenced 58,240 SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the Parliament was informed.
July 30, 2021The UK strain of the Covid-19 virus is said to be 70 per cent more contagious has reached Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.
December 29, 2020Breaking new ground, a team of scientists at CSK Himachal Pradesh KrishiVishvavidyalaya (HPKV), Palampur in collaboration with Japanese researchers have completed the whole genome sequencing of horse gram, locally known as Kulthi, for the first time. No genomic information was previously available on horse gram, an indigenous legume of the North-Western Himalayan region having many …
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December 5, 2017NASA has successfully conducted the first genome sequencing in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ability to sequence the DNA of living organisms in space opens a whole new world of scientific and medical possibilities, NASA said. For the first time ever, DNA was successfully sequenced in microgravity as part of the Biomolecule …
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September 1, 2016Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to declare a ceasefire on Saturday to reciprocate a week-long truce that the communist rebels have announced. Presidential communication secretary Martin Andanar said that Duterte has "expressed his willingness to reciprocate" the ceasefire that the rebels announced on Friday night, Xinhua news agency reported. "As to the official announcement, …
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August 20, 2016