WHO urges greater surveillance as new COVID-19 variants emerge - World
WHO urges greater surveillance as new COVID-19 variants emerge Format Brazzaville, 30 December 2020 – With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher transmissibility, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to boost genomic surveillance and analysis through the African genome sequencing laboratory network to detect any new mutations and strengthen the efforts to curb the pandemic. South Africa recently detected a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, which appears to transmit more easily and is likely linked to the ongoing surge of COVID-...
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