COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences

“Since the peak of the Omicron wave, the number of sequences being shared has dropped by more than 90 per cent, and the number of countries sharing sequences has fallen by a third,”

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during his latest media briefing.  

The WHO chief recalled that the first sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was shared with the world three years ago, which enabled the development of tests…