King George Medical University begins probing gene sequencing of COVID-19 to detect its new strains

The facility will soon start at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Lucknow’s Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) and Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR–NBRI).

King George Medical University (KGMU) has started probing the gene sequencing of coronavirus to detect its new strains found abroad in some countries. The facility will soon start at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Lucknow’s Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) and Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR–NBRI).
The chief of KGMU’s Department of Microbiology, Dr Amita Jain said a gene sequencing test has been started at the premier medical university and it would soon be replicated in BHU, Varanasi and Lucknow-based Central Drug Research Institute and the National Botanical Research Institute.

King George's Medical University (KGMU), formerly known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, is a medical school located in Lucknow. It was upgraded from King George's Medical College (established in 1911) into a University by an act passed by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 2002.

KGMU has two faculties namely Faculty of Medical Science and Dental Science. It has 9 Medical colleges, 7 nursing colleges and 1 paramedical college.

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