Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 7/22/21

A team of researchers at UNC is leading a surveillance effort to facilitate and enhance genomic sequencing capabilities of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across North Carolina. The CORVASEQ (Coronavirus Variant Sequencing) Surveillance Network is a partnership between the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Public Health and the NC Policy Collaboratory. In March of 2021 the NC General Assembly allocated $15 million to support the Collaboratory-led surveillance effort.

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