Brief: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Says It Has Identified, Sequenced Three Samples Containing Omicron Variant

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18/12/2021 05:38

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc  DNA.N :
    * IT HAS COLLECTED, IDENTIFIED, AND SEQUENCED THREE SAMPLES
CONTAINING NOVEL BA.3 SUBLINEAGE OF OMICRON VARIANT
    * GINKGO- SAMPLES CAME FROM PASSENGERS ON FLIGHTS
ORIGINATING FROM
SOUTH AFRICA WHO ARRIVED AT NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
IN EARLY DECEMBER
    * SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED IN COLLABORATION WITH CDC AND
XPRESSPA
GROUP AS PART OF A SARS-COV-2 SURVEILLANCE PROJECT

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