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UNC research program studies COVID-19 variants


At UNC, the Coronavirus Variant Sequencing Surveillance Program serves as a viral sequencing program funded by the NC Policy Collaboratory in partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. The goal is to improve surveillance of COVID-19 virus sequencing, said Audrey Pettifor, a UNC public health professor. (Daily Tar Heel)

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UNC research program studies COVID-19 variants