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Kerala banks on genomic surveillance data
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To watch out for possible new SARS-CoV-2 variants, changes in disease patterns
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To watch out for possible new SARS-CoV-2 variants, changes in disease patterns
As anxiety over a possible third wave of COVID-19 escalates, Kerala is banking on real time genomic surveillance data to watch out for the emergence of possible new SARS-CoV-2 variants or any changes in disease patterns amongst various groups in the community that might signal a potential change in disease transmission.
The first wave of COVID never really ended and transmission continued at low levels 2,500 daily cases till March this year when relaxations in COVID protocols, election campaigning, and primarily the arrival of new virus variants in the State led to a sudden and massive surge in the epidemic curve.