Nepal Health Research Council to perform whole-genome sequencing of coronavirus
Kathmandu, June 29 -- Researchers from the Nepal Health Research Council have been preparing to perform a whole-genome sequencing of the coronavirus to know about its type and its spread.
Whole-genome sequencing is a comprehensive method of analysing the entire DNA sequences of an organism's genes. Researchers believe that the whole-genome sequencing of the coronavirus could be instrumental in tracking the severity and properties of the virus.
"Without whole-genome sequencing, we cannot know the type of virus that has been spreading throughout the country, " Dr Megnath Dhimal, chief researcher at the council, told the Post."We need to know if the coronavirus seen in Nepal are of the same strain or there are different strains."
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