Coronavirus / China publishes virus genome data from latest Beijing COVID-19 outbreak

China has published the genome data from the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the capital city of Beijing, the website of state-backed National Microbiology Data Center showed on Friday. State-backed Beijing News reported that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention submitted the genome sequencing data for the virus to World Health Organization, which had sought access to the data.

Reuters : Jun 19, 2020, 10:50 AM
BEIJING- China has published the genome data for the coronavirus behind the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the capital city of Beijing, the website of state-backed National Microbiology Data Center showed on Friday.

State-backed Beijing News also reported that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention submitted the genome sequencing data for the virus to the World Health Organization, which had previously sought access to the data.