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New tools for preventing the next pandemic
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Machine learning tool can predict which COVID variants will cause case surges
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Botswana researcher who sequenced Omicron urges more genomic surveillance, vaccinations in Africa
As the world waits to learn more about Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant, the Botswana-based researcher who produced the first genetic sequence of the virus spoke about the importance of ramping up sequencing and vaccination in Africa, and…
