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Detecting coronavirus variants

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January 19, 2021

In the hope of staying ahead of fast-spreading coronavirus mutations, the German government wants to follow the UK's example and use more genetic sequencing to pinpoint newly emerging variants. But sequencing alone is not enough, says the head of a laboratory in Kiel. DW's Tessa Walther paid him a visit.

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