pune public health experts have called for strengthening the existing genomic sequencing laboratories with more machines in the wake of the state increasing genome surveillance over the omicron variant at present maharashtra has two government genomic sequence testing laboratories and the rest are under the pune consortium for genome sequencing besides a tieup with the council of scientific and industrial researchinstitute of genomics and integrative biology csirigib as of now the state has enough facilities however in days to come there is a need to strengthen the existing lab network with more machines and manpower stated a senior official of the public health department choosing to stay anonymous while testing is now largely focused on international travelers and contacts the state has to eventually be ready for more samples from the community