Inadequate SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Sequencing capacity in Zimbabwe: A call to urgently address this key gap to control current and future waves.
COVID-19
Genetic sequencing
SARS-CoV-2
Zimbabwe
Journal
IJID regions
ISSN: 2772-7076
Titre abrégé: IJID Reg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918418183106676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
05
08
2021
revised:
10
09
2021
accepted:
13
09
2021
entrez:
20
6
2022
pubmed:
21
6
2022
medline:
21
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Zimbabwe continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic; there is an urgent need for the rapid scale-up of genomic surveillance efforts. In this piece, we express concern on the limited capacity for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Zimbabwe due to limited skillsets and laboratory infrastructural deficiencies. We call for an urgent need for funding from the government of Zimbabwe to set up a robust genomic surveillance program to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Zimbabwe and guide public health responses accordingly.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35721771
doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2021.09.004
pii: S2772-7076(21)00007-2
pmc: PMC8556873
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
3-4Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None to declare
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