UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium to Reveal Viral Spread, Evolution

Mar 25, 2020

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NEW YORK – A new UK-based research consortium is betting that sequencing the virus that causes COVID-19 can provide policymakers with a clearer picture of the spread of the epidemic across the country as diagnostic testing remains limited.

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