U.K. consortium to map COVID-19 spread with genome sequencing

To inform public health measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak, the U.K. has launched the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium to track viral spread and evolution via genome sequencing of COVID-19 samples.

The group, with £20 million ($33 million) from the U.K. government and Wellcome Trust, comprises the Wellcome Sanger Institute, NHS and multiple public health agencies and academic institutions...