SARS-CoV-2 testing and sequencing for international arrivals reveals significant cross border transmission of high risk variants into the United Kingdom

Background: Mandatory Day 2 and Day 8 PCR testing and variant sequencing of international arrivals has been recently introduced by the UK Government to mitigate against cross-border transmission of high-risk SARS-CoV-2 variants. Methods: SARS-CoV-2 testing and sequencing combines TaqPath CE-IVD COVI...

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Main Authors: Gareth H Williams, Alexander Llewelyn, Ruben Brandao, Kaiya Chowdhary, Keeda-Marie Hardisty, Marco Loddo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021003011