$1.7 billion COVID-19 stimulus package17 Apr 2021 16:01
Yesterday, Biden signed off a $1.7 billion COVID-19 stimulus package. It will include $300 million for six genomic epidemiology “centers of excellence” along with $10 million for COVID-19 testing in schools.
If a person tests positive for COVID-19 those tests are often sent to a second lab for genomic sequencing. The procedure also allows scientists to monitor constantly-changing coronaviruses over time to better understand how they might impact public health, according to the CDC.
Genedrive's testing procedures involves Genomic sequecncing which picks up straight away any new variants. This was confirmed in an RNS back in December where it stated that Genedrive's 96 SARS CoV-2 Kit continues to detect all known variants of COVID-19, including the newest variants released by the UK's COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium.
Good chance BC and therefore Genedrive will be involved in this state of the art Genomic testing. Now that the package is signed off, we could start getting news in the coming days/weeks.