The Science publication highlights the enormous contribution of African scientists to pandemic surveillance and response.
The Science publication highlights the enormous contribution of African scientists to pandemic surveillance and response. A new study in Science shows how the rapid expansion of genomic surveillance in Africa allowed the continent to describe the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants in African countries. Swiss TPH contributed to these efforts as part of the SARS-CoV-2 surveillance programme in Equatorial Guinea. A study published in the renowned journal Science yesterday gives insights into the evolving of the COVID-19 epidemic in Africa. Over 300 authors from Africa and abroad worked together to describe and analyse over 100,000 genomes and characterize variants in real-time. This was the largest consortium of scientists and public health institutions working together to support data-driven COVID-19 response in Africa. The results underscore the heterogeneous nature of the pandemic and highlight the need for continued diagnostics and genomic surveillance in Africa as the virus continuous to evolve.
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