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Germany plays catch-up in bid to monitor coronavirus mutations By Ludwig Burger and Douglas Busvine FILE PHOTO: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Weimar FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to jump-start gene sequencing efforts to closely track coronavirus mutations and catch up with European nations such as Britain and Denmark which have taken the lead on decoding viral genomes. More contagious coronavirus variants are believed by scientists to have fuelled a surge in global coronavirus cases which have now passed 90 million, and nations are racing to procure vaccines and tighten lockdown measures. A draft government order released for discussion by the German Health Ministry this week would require 5% of all samples from positive coronavirus tests to be sent to specialised laboratories for a complete genetic read-out.

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