Manipur, Dec. 23 -- The genomic study on the virus is limited in India and there is, therefore, a need to study it so that any changes and its consequent implications are understood.

Manipur is just coming out from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and people seem to think that the problem is over. But the breathing space must be utilised to prepare for the second wave and it is hoped that the more virulent lineages are not the one which comes in the second wave.

In the initial stage of the pandemic, in March, Korber and her group observed that mutations are reoccurring several times in samples from people with COVID-19. Although SARS-CoV-2 mutates slower as compared to HIV, there is no doubt that mutations are happening. At the 6...