Local scientists hard at work in the fight against covid 19

SAfm — Researchers from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the University of the Western Cape's (UWC) South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) have sequenced the first SARS-COV-2 genome, which could help contain the spread of corona virus. SANBI researcher and co-author of the new report presenting the sequence Peter van Heusden says finding the "fingerprint" of a virus could allow one to understand how it spreads.