Covid-19: India sees new spike in cases despite vaccine rollout
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n854 (Published 30 March 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n854
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New variants
India began its genomic sequencing project for covid-19 last year but, according to a paper6 published by Indian government scientists involved in the sequencing, its pace and volume has been insufficient when compared with India?s high number of cases.
A recent press statement7 from the government said that even though variants of concern have been found in India, they have not been detected in high enough numbers to either establish a direct relationship or explain the rapid surge in cases.
In total, Indian government laboratories have done the genome sequencing of 10?787 samples of SARS-CoV2 to look for variants, and found 771...
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