WHO Committee Urges Greater Sequencing To Combat New Virus Variants

WHO committee urges greater sequencing to combat new virus variants

The World Health Organization's emergency committee (EC) on Friday said sequencing studies of the SARS-CoV-2 virus should be expanded in order to tackle emerging new variants of concern

Geneva, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2021 ) :The World Health Organization's emergency committee (EC) on Friday said sequencing studies of the SARS-CoV-2 virus should be expanded in order to tackle emerging new variants of concern.

"On variants, the EC called for a global expansion of genomic sequencing and sharing of data, along with greater scientific collaboration to address critical unknowns," the WHO said in a statement after the virtual meeting.

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