UK launches plans for ‘Global Pandemic Radar’ to tackle variants

The UK government has launched plans for a new “Global Pandemic Radar” to identify emerging Covid-19 variants and track new diseases around the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will lead an implementation group, supported by the Wellcome Trust, to launch this new international partnership to identify, track and share data on new the variants and monitor vaccine resistance in populations, according to a statement issued by the government on Friday.

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