K. Rozana
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has been going on for more than a year since it was first discovered in Wuhan, China, in mid-December 2020 until now, the pandemic is still ongoing, and there are no signs of a decrease in cases. The latest developments show that Covid-19 has undergone significant mutations in several areas in America, Europe, and Africa. The mutation of Covid-19 may be caused by environmental conditions that are not the concern of various parties. This research was conducted to find a gene marker from Covid-19 that could be used as a media for rapid screening when sorting medical mask waste so that later waste processing techniques could be carried out separately between masks that could potentially contain Covid-19 and waste that did not contain Covid-19. This research method was carried out using bioinformatics analysis, especially the genomic characterization of Covid-19 samples from 17 different countries. Based on the study results, it is known that from 17 samples of Covid-19, the ORF 1 gene was the most stable and conserved gene in all samples. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Biology, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia; Biotechnology Study Program, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
