Scotland's Testing Strategy Update
Scotland’s Testing Strategy Update Published: £13 million to establish genome sequencing service. Public Health Minister Mairi Gougeon has today published an updated testing strategy for Scotland, setting out how testing will support the easing of restrictions and a return to everyday activities. It includes a £13 million investment in 2021/22 to establish Scotland’s own genomic sequencing service to track new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants, and manage future outbreaks. Capable of identifying the genetic origins of up 1000 cases a day when fully built, the s...
Source: gov.scot