The coronavirus variant dominating India, or the Delta variant, is behind the second surge of Covid in the country, a study by The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) has found. The govt appointed experts says that the Delta variant - or the B.1.617.2 strain, first found in India, is the "primary cause" behind the second Covid-19 wave. INSACOG is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories INSACOG is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The grouping is tasked to carry out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating Covid-19 viruses, and correlating epidemiological trends with genomic variants. The genome sequencing of 29,000 samples have been done in India, the study says.

Source: Mint June 04, 2021 06:57 UTC