Section A: Pathogens and Host: Genomics perspective 1. Population level differences in COVID-19 prevalence, severity, and clinical outcome 2. Host genetics in disease susceptibility and protection 3. RNA as modulators infection outcome: Potential usage for genomic surveillance Section B: Pathogen Diversity 4. Genomic surveillance of bacterial pathogens: expanding horizons Section C: Cofactors in addition to pathogen 5. Host immune responses in COVID-19: implication for preexisting chronic systemic inflammation 6. Role of co-infections in modulating disease severities and clinical phenotypes 7. Wastewater surveillance: a quick guide to check community health Section D: Future pandemic preparedness 8. Experimental repertoire to elucidate the functional landscape of hostepathogen interactome 9. Computational means to understand and elucidate hostepathogen interaction and outcome 10. Genomic surveillance system and technologies Section E: Roadmap ahead 11. Interactions shaping the Interactome: genome surveillance inclusive of host-pathogen 12. Health informatics and data science for pandemic preparedness 13. Harsh environmental stressors of high altitude on pathogens susceptibility 14. Implications of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance development during COVID-19: questing genomic surveillance for a balancing act