Good news! A sleeping giant wakes up! The world will benefit! Unfortunately, it is not billions but only millions of U.S. dollars! The wonders of Indian bureaucracy!
"... The government has pledged to fund four new national virology institutes, nine new high-containment laboratories for studies on highly infectious pathogens and a national institution for ‘one health’ to coordinate research and surveillance on animal and human infections.
The pledges, unveiled in the Indian Parliament on 1 February, were part of an overall boost in funding for the Department of Health Research, which will receive 26.7 billion Indian rupees (US$365 million) this year, a rise of 5.6 billion (27%) over last year’s budget. ...
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NIV was the only lab authorized to confirm positive cases of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. That meant samples from initial infected cases, including the first three suspected infections — in three students in the southern state of Kerala, who had returned from Wuhan, China — had to be transported across the country to Pune. ..."
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NIV was the only lab authorized to confirm positive cases of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. That meant samples from initial infected cases, including the first three suspected infections — in three students in the southern state of Kerala, who had returned from Wuhan, China — had to be transported across the country to Pune. ..."
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