WHO Public Health Laboratories knowledge sharing webinar series: Setting up and running an NGS genetic sequencing facility

Published on April 20, 2021

Speakers will provide an overview of the set up of a sequencing facility, choices in equipment, accessing public-private partnership funding, and ongoing running of a facility. WHO

Apr 21, 2021 11:00 AM in Paris GMT +2

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Implementation Guide for COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

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EARLY RELEASE: Postvaccination SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Staff Members - Chicago, Illinois, December 2020-March 2021

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Twenty-two possible breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections occurred among fully vaccinated persons ≥14 days after their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Two thirds of persons were asymptomatic. A minority of persons with breakthrough infection experienced mild to moderate COVID-19-like symptoms; two COVID-19-related hospitalizations and one death occurred. No facility-associated secondary transmission