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LONDON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Prenetics, the international health and diagnostics business which is leading testing for SARS-CoV-2 in centres across the world to open up ports of entry and other sectors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Monique Andersson to its UK advisory board.
Dr Andersson, a Dutch and South African national, is a Consultant in Clinical Infection at the Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford. She is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Oxford, visiting professor to Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) and an Extraordinary Associate Professor of Medical Virology at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Building on her experience as Director of the Microbiology Laboratory at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, she is now pioneering innovative diagnostics for infectious diseases, based at the OSCAR.
SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY
China and the UK can join hands to overcome the pandemic and contribute to a global community of health for all
At the dawn of the third decade of the 21st century, the worst pandemic in 100 years ravaged the world, precipitating the profound changes unseen in a century and posing unprecedented challenges to the world. The grave pandemic situation calls on all countries to bear in mind the larger picture and do the right thing. It is in this spirit that China and the United Kingdom have come to each other s assistance and fought the pandemic hand in hand, strengthening the response at home and abroad, and contributing to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. There have been five highlights in China-UK cooperation: