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Tracking the UK SARS-CoV-2 outbreak – Science Magazine

Following a year of relatively uneventful evolution, the emergence and global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants signals…

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Following a year of relatively uneventful evolution, the emergence and global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants signals an urgent need for better genetic tracking (1). The United Kingdom (UK) has emerged as a leader in this domain. A £20 million investment in March 2020 established the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium (2), which has produced >200,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes, more than twice the number produced by any other country. Such a large volume…

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