Tag: Pasteur Institute

• Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Scientists found sublineage of the omicron variant in Uruguay

  

  Institut Pasteur team detected a new omicron sublineage in Uruguay and warns of increased risk of covid-19 reinfection. However, the specialists clarified that “a major impact on protection against severe disease is not expected”.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Britain helping the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo with a Covid-19 genome-sequencing project

  

  The British government and the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo, Uruguay, have announced they will be working jointly in an agreement that will help advance the genome-sequencing of Covid-19 project, through techniques under development in Uruguay, using British technology, and thus providing this capacity to several countries in the region.