Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has sequenced 1,02,880 genomes of the coronavirus till 25 November, said the science and technology ministry on Thursday.
Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state in the science and technology ministry Jitendra Singh said a total of 17 Covid-19 bio-repositories have been notified by the government. “The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), being coordinated by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), as on 25 November 2021 has sequenced 1,02,880 SARS-CoV-2 genomes," Singh said in a written response.
The INSACOG is a national multi-agency consortium of Genome Sequencing Laboratories (RGSLs) laboratories involved in genome sequencing of Covid-19.