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UM School of Medicine Helps Maryland Conduct State-Wide Sequencing Of COVID Variants


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BALTIMORE, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/  In an effort to monitor the spread of COVID-19 variants in the State of Maryland, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)
UMaryland Genomics at UMSOM will perform genome sequencing of variants in at least 10 percent of COVID-19 test samples, reaching an important benchmark set by the federal government to help control the spread of these variants.
The State has entered into separate agreements with UMSOM and Johns Hopkins Medicine in an effort to double the state s surveillance of coronavirus variants to more than 10 percent of COVID-19 cases, Governor Larry Hogan announced at a recent press conference. This would enable Maryland to achieve the surveillance goal set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor the spread of variants. ....

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