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2021-01-28 14:35:59 GMT2021-01-28 22:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English DAKAR, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) The new strain of more contagious COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain has been identified during sequencing in positive specimens in Senegal, Professor Souleymane Mboup confirmed during Thursday s daily COVID-19 briefing of the Senegalese health ministry. According to Mboup, Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF), the institute founded by him, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council The Gambia (MRCG), has carried out sequencing samples collected during the second wave of Senegal s COVID-19 pandemic through Whole Genome sequencing and next-generation sequencing. Mboup called on all Senegalese to scrupulously apply individual and collective prevention measures, given that the variant strains are transmitted more quickly.

United kingdomSouleymane mboupInstitute for health researchSenegalese ministry of healthResearch councilProfessor souleymane mboupHealth researchEpidemiological surveillanceMedical research council the gambiaWhole genomeSenegalese ministrySocial actionஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்நிறுவனம் க்கு ஆரோக்கியம் ஆராய்ச்சிஸெநிகலீஸ் அமைச்சகம் ஆஃப் ஆரோக்கியம்ஆராய்ச்சி சபை