Microbial Musings – June 2020

摘要

As we move into the summer of this , we can see the pandemic at different stages across the globe. In some parts of Europe there are strong moves, rightly or wrongly, to return to some sense of normality, while in other places, particularly in South America at the moment, cases are still on the rise. In the UK an incredible study led by many members of the UK microbiology community provided insight at unprecedented levels into how the disease was introduced into the country, using genomics to track over 1500 independent entry events of the virus in the key month before lockdown. This tour de force in molecular epidemiology was undertaken by the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium ( ), which included many Microbiology Society members and meant another Radio 4 interview for the ubiquitous Nick Loman ( ) from the University of Birmingham.