On Friday 13 January, the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published practical guidance for Member States of the European Union and the European Economic Area wishing to implement a pilot study for the targeted genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 at selected international points of entry as part of the European response to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China (see EUROPE B13097A12).
ECDC recalls that the rapid detection and characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants is essential for...