Coronavirus to be tracked using its genetic code
Most of the time the coronavirus mutations do not mean anything, but this is also a virus that has only just made the jump from animals to humans.Since then, the disease it causes, Covid-19, has killed more than 14,000 people around the world.
It is something scientists will want to keep an eye on as it could affect how the virus is treated in the future.There's lots of information about this for viruses like HIV, hepatitis C and influenza, said Prof Paul Klenerman, from the University of Oxford, who will be part of the project. The project - called the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium - is a collaboration between the NHS, public health agencies and the Wellcome Sanger Institute universities.
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