YOGI: ENGAGE CDRI FOR GENOME SEQUENCING IN UP
LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asked the officials concerned to engage the Lucknow-based Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) for genome sequencing of the coronavirus in UP in order to study mutations.
“Doing a deep study and tracking any coronavirus mutation is important. Several institutes in the country have been studying the virus. Under the circumstances, rope in the Central Drug Research Institute for doing genome sequencing of the coronavirus in UP. Such scientific research would certainly help in protection from the pandemic in the future,” he said at a Covid-19 review meeting.
CDRI is a premier drug research institute under the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research).
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asked the officials concerned to engage the Lucknow-based Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) for genome sequencing of the coronavirus in UP in order to study mutations.
“Doing a deep study and tracking any coronavirus mutation is important. Several institutes in the country have been studying the virus. Under the circumstances, rope in the Central Drug Research Institute for doing genome sequencing of the coronavirus in UP. Such scientific research would certainly help in protection from the pandemic in the future,” he said at a Covid-19 review meeting.
CDRI is a premier drug research institute under the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research).
He also discussed the state’s preparations for tackling the speculated third wave of the pandemic.
It was important to have proper training of the personnel who would be engaged in pandemic control and treatment, he said.
“Such training would begin in Noida and Lucknow today (Monday). Similarly, paediatric training would start on June 1 (Tuesday). Accomplish the training as soon as possible,” he
said.
He also said UP’s Covid recovery rate was now 96.6%. In the last 24 hours, the positivity rate (the number of positive cases against the total number of tests) was 0.5%, he added.
After a steady decline in the intensity of Covid infection in the state, the oxygen demand and supply were now balanced in the state, he said, adding that oxygen audit helped to cut wastage significantly.