COVID-19: Virologist Shahid Jameel resigns from government's genome sequencing group
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Eminent virologist Dr. Shahid Jameel has resigned as the head of the Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortia (INSACOG), the scientific advisory group coordinating the country's genome sequencing work. Dr. Jameel—the Director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University—has been critical of the government's handling of COVID-19, including lower testing, a slow vaccination drive, vaccine shortage, and the need for a bigger healthcare workforce.