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was contributing very little. With uncoordinated and scattershot testing, the U.S. was sequencing fewer than 1% of positive specimens earlier this year.
Now, it is running those tests on 5% to 10% of samples."Genomic surveillance is strong," said Kelly Wroblewski, director of infectious diseases at the Association of Public Health Laboratories.The Biden administration will follow advice from Dr.
Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and restrict travel from several African nations following the identification of variant B.1.1.529, which appears to be highly contagious among young.