WHO starts global network to analyze genetic code of viruses

The International Pathogen Surveillance Network will bring countries together while improving on systems to collect and analyze virus samples.
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Claudia Maedler, bloomberg

The World Health Organization (WHO) is starting a global network to help protect people from the threat of infectious diseases through pathogen genomics. 

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