02/02/2021 (Agence Europe) – Denmark has in turn co-signed the declaration on genomic data, bringing the number of signatories to twenty-four, the European Commission announced on Tuesday 2 February. This declaration, called “1+ Million Genomes”, aims to ensure access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes by 2022. “Each signature is important for this initiative, which aims to improve disease prevention, enable more personalised diagnosis and treatment, and provide sufficient scale for new clinically relevant research”, said European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager. Since its launch in 2018, the initiative has adapted to meet emerging needs. It has recently included infectious diseases among its use cases and will exploit genomic data to deepen knowledge of the susceptibility of humans to serious diseases related to Covid-19. (SPj)