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Genomics leaders collaborate to create Australia’s first national Covid-19 tracking system – iTWire
Australia’s Communicable Disease Genomics Network (CDGN) and American biotech company Illumina are collaborating to track COVID-19 using next-generation genomic sequencing technology, which enables real-time data sharing and integration to better understand t…

Australias Communicable Disease Genomics Network (CDGN) and American biotech company Illumina are collaborating to track COVID-19 using next-generation genomic sequencing technology, which enables real-time data sharing and integration to better understand the transmission and spread of the virus.Illumina said in a statement on Tuesday that Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus genomes of all positive COVID-19 tests in Australia and track COVID-19 using genomics ac…