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On 30 January 2020, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on the novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan City, China. Just two months after this, the outbreak was classified as pandemic, affecting 114 countries. During this time, scientists and policy makers were in clamor to slowdown the spread of the virus. The disease outbreak preparedness and responses of countries were put in challenge. In this lecture, let us join Dr. Senjuti Saha tells us the journey of Bangladesh in their fight against COVID-19. Here she shared about how they set up a COVID-19 diagnostic lab in Bangladesh within 5 days, became the first NGO to start testing, and how they went to sequencing from there. She also talked about the barriers they faced, how they overcame them, and what lessons they are taking forward. To know more about Dr. Senjuti's talk, watch the video recording below!
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The global spread of SARS-COV-2 has been the unforeseen pandemic of the 21st century and the global response in the genomic level has been exceptional. Through collaborative efforts amongst researchers, the SARS-COV-2 genome was made freely available. This led to a speedy vaccine hunt and a thorough observation of the outbreak dynamics. In this webinar, Ms.Verity Hill from the University of Edinburgh walks us through on how genomic epidemiology in the United Kingdom helped them track the virus transmission, the factors that led to its spread and the control measures that were put in place. She also discussed how they were able to investigate the rise the two variants with mutations of concern, the alpha and delta variant. As of writing, more than 900,000 sequences have been produced by the collective effort of UK's nationwide consortium, COG-UK, which includes universities, hospitals, and public health health agencies. Catch the video lecture below! Be updated in our upcoming events! Visit our training page and make sure to follow us on Twitter and on Facebook!
The first webinar in the series put up by the GECO-Seqlab Project with Dr. Kirstyn Brunker from the University of Glasgow. Here, Dr. Brunker discussed the use of Oxford Nanopore's game-changing technology on sequencing that "Enables the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere". She shared how she utilized this technology in her study on rabies in Tanzania, Kenya and the Philippines, which allowed her to generate sequences while on the field proving that genomic sequencing is obtainable, and can be performed even without a specialized facility. “The crucial role of genomic surveillance in pandemic response is highlighted in disease mitigation and containment. The GECO project (short for Genomic epidemiology of COVID in the Philippines), which is a collaboration between the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the University of Glasgow, aims to enhance public health surveillance and to provide clear and practical recommendation on disease elimination,” explained Dr. Brunker. If you missed this webinar, you can watch the full recording below! Click here to know more about our speaker and the GECO team!
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