A genome sequencing of 109 samples at Lucknow’s KGMU hospital has returned 107 confirmed samples of highly infections Delta variant, and also carried two samples of the Kappa variant.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been informed about the development as the state has recently come out of lockdown restrictions.
Genome sequencing is a laboratory process that is instrumental in characterising the mutations and tracking disease outbreaks.
