How a team at A*Star played a big role in global fight against Covid-19 pandemic

01/14/2021

SINGAPORE – Singapore has punched above its weight in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic with the expertise it provided to enable the rapid sharing of genomes of the virus.

This not only helped the World Health Organisation (WHO) and governments around the world to respond faster, but also sped up the development of much-needed vaccines and diagnostic kits.

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