How COVID-19 transformed genomics and changed the handling of disease outbreaks forever

If the pandemic had happened ten years ago, what would it have looked like? Doubtless there would have been many differences, but probably the most striking would have been the relative lack of genomic sequencing. This is where the entire genetic code—or "genome"—of the coronavirus in a testing sample is quickly read and analyzed.

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