ECDC issues guidance on scaling up capability and capacity to characterise SARS-CoV-2 variants - ECDC

New SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and concern have continued to emerge in the first few months of 2022 and monitoring their circulation in all countries through genomic surveillance remains important.

The document outlines available options concerning testing strategies, handling and isolation of samples, characterisation techniques, standardisation of methods, and results reporting. It also descr… [+1052 chars]

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