Genomic sequencing: what it is and how it's being used against Covid-19 in Victoria

Experts in the testing science are playing an increasing role in containing transmission amid Australia’s biggest coronavirus cluster in Melbourne

The Victorian health minister, Jenny Mikakos, announced on Friday that early genomic sequencing had pointed to a “super spreader” of Covid-19 as a source for many new infections across Melbourne’s north and west.

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