Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates city’s first genome sequencing lab at LNJP hospital

The laboratory was set up as a part of Delhi’s preparation for a possible third Covid wave of COVID-19. 

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (July 7, 2021) inaugurated Delhi’s first genome sequencing laboratory at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital and said that the lab will begin by sequencing 6-8 samples a week. The laboratory was set up as a part of Delhi’s preparation for a possible third wave of COVID-19. The genome sequencing laboratory can identify variants of COVID-19. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated a genome sequencing lab at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital y'day.