INDE - SANTE - VIRUS
Inde, Chennai, 2021-11-30. Un employe medical travaille dans un laboratoire de sequencage a la Direction des services de sante medicaux et ruraux a Chennai. En laboratoire, les prelevements sont systematiquement examines a la recherche de diverses mutations du coronavirus. L objectif est d identifier rapidement les mutations qui presentent un risque particulier en termes de transmissibilite, de gravite de la maladie et de potentiel vaccinal. L OMS (Organisation mondiale de la sante) a classe la nouvelle variante de la souche Concern (VOC) Omicron comme « a haut risque ». Photographie de Sri Loganathan Velmurugan / Hans Lucas.
INDIA - HEALTH - VIRUS
India, Chennai, 2021-11-30. A medical employee works in a sequencing laboratory at the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services in Chennai. In the laboratory, the samples are systematically examined for various coronavirus mutations. The aim is to rapidly identify mutations that pose a particular risk in terms of transmissibility, disease severity, and vaccine potential. The WHO (World Health Organisation) classified the new variant of Concern (VOC) Omicron strain as global 'high risk'. Photograph by Sri Loganathan Velmurugan / Hans Lucas.
