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B.1.617 variant responsible for COVID surge in J&K: GMC
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Last Updated: May 15, 2021, 10:42 PM IST
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GMC Jammu principal Shashi Sudhan Sharma said the microbiology department at GMC Jammu was also coordinating with National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, for routine sequencing of positive sample.
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434 samples had been sent to the NCDC from Jammu division and report of 64 samples was still awaited.
The B.1.617 variant was responsible for the recent surge in coronavirus cases in Jammu division, GMC Jammu principal Shashi Sudhan Sharma said on Saturday.
Sharma said the microbiology department at GMC Jammu was also coordinating with National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, for routine sequencing of positive sample.
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Srinagar: Microbiology Department of Government Medical College, Srinagar runs a Covid-19 testing Lab which started functioning from March 14, 2020 and is conducting 1500 tests per day, Dr Anjum Farhana, HoD, Microbiology said the lab is a state of the art negative pressure lab BSL level (3) which was initially sanctioned and made functional in late 2017 as a molecular lab for influenza.
Proper sampling along with good lab practices will give accuracy of results, she said while adding that these labs are designed to work on organisms causing serious disease via inhalation and prevent infection to health care workers. ‘Our lab is functional 24/7 and with capacity to do nearly 1500 tests per day. We have till date tested nearly 3 lakh samples’, Dr Anjum stated.
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The lab is a state of the art negative pressure lab BSL level (3), which was initially sanctioned and made functional in late 2017 as a molecular lab for influenza.
Proper sampling along with good lab practices will give accuracy of results, she said, insisting these labs are designed to work on organisms causing serious disease via inhalation and prevent infection to health care workers.
“Our lab is functional 24×7 and with a capacity to do nearly 1500 tests per day. We have till date tested nearly 3 lakh samples”, Dr Anjum said.
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