The new coronavirus, which causes a respiratory illness COVID-19, has claimed more than 285,000 lives globally and infected over 4.22 million. Scientists across the world are racing against time to find the vaccine and treatments. Virus genome sequencing is difficult but crucial to understand it and find a cure, CHRF said in a media release on Tuesday. Samir Kumar Saha, the executive director of CHRF, told bdnews24.com they hoped to complete genome sequencing of more samples in the next two weeks. “It will help us understand which vaccine or treatment might be effective,” he said.

Source: bd News24 May 12, 2020 23:26 UTC