The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $2.5 million definitive contract to the Scripps Research Institute for genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 to investigate local and cross-border emergence and spread. This contract was awarded under the Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Broad Agency Announcement, which sought white papers related to developing strategies for protecting communities from COVID-19, including examining the virus's natural history and transmission through sequencing its genome. The University of California, San Diego was identified as a major subcontractor on this sequencing research. The two-year contract period will allow for continued genomic surveillance to aid the CDC's mission of controlling the spread of the virus and protecting vulnerable populations.
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