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Russia: Our Scientists Sequenced COVID-19’s Genome

Russia: Our Scientists Sequenced COVID-19’s Genome
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By Staff, Agencies

Russian scientists announced on Thursday that they managed to sequence the whole genome of the new coronavirus; the Ministry of Health has announced.

In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry explained that the genome, sourced from a patient infected with the virus, will help in the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs for treatment.

The genome was sequenced by scientists from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza, a leading medical institute in St. Petersburg partnered with the World Health Organization.

Doctor of Medical Sciences Dmitry Lioznov, who serves as the acting director of the Smorodintsev Institute, stressed that because COVID-19 is "a new coronavirus for us...it is critically important to be able to determine the path of its entry and spread into our country, as well as its mutations."

Russia, which has 147 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including nine recoveries and one fatality, has joined other countries in taking a number of measures to combat the pandemic.

This comes as Scientists in countries around the world have rushed to learn everything they can about COVID-19 in recent months in a bid to create an effective vaccine.

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