DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 8: The UK government today announced a new package of genomic sequencing support to help Pakistan’s fight against new variants of Covid-19. Through the New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) programme Pakistan will be able to draw on UK expertise and support to detect quickly new, and potentially more dangerous, variants of Covid-19. The UK is a world leader in genomic sequencing for COVID variants and the second largest contributor to the international database for the variants. Through an agreement reached between UK’s Public Health England (PHE) and Pakistan’sRead More