Labs That Were At Forefront Of Tracking Coronavirus Variants During Pandemic Unite To Boost Genomic Surveillance

Reuters (1/25, Rigby) reports, “Two laboratories in Britain and South Africa, which were at the forefront of tracking new coronavirus variants during the pandemic, have teamed up to keep the focus on genomic surveillance globally as the COVID emergency recedes.” The researchers “said they were worried governments and funders may pull back from such surveillance, despite its potential to better monitor many infectious diseases, from malaria to cholera.”