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KRISP Talks by Prof. Tulio de Oliveira (KRISP UKZN & CAPRISA), Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Outbreak: Genomics & Epidemiology. This page summaries resources for coronavirus COVID-19 in KZN and South Africa and internationally. It also present our work on the creation of a genomics and bioinformatics pipeline for fast and accurate analysis of coronavirus genomes. KRISP is bases at K-RITH building, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, Durban, South Africa.

Our work on coronavirus research and outbreak response:

- Genome Detective: A rapid bioinformatics tool for the identification and characterization of novel coronavirus genomes.

- Genome Detective Use Case: new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 in Belgium. Eight hours from sample to whole genome analysis.

- Nature journalist Jack Leeming wrote an interesting article on Nature Index (February 26th) highlighting we developed the tool to to respond quickly to this coronavirus outbreak.

- UKZN Coronavirus war room, Durban, KZN, South Africa - eTV news - 05 March 2020

Important resources for Coronavirus research and outbreak response in South Africa:

- National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) coronavirus COVID-19 testing information.

- National Department of Health coronavirus COVID-19 information

- World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 information

News date: 2020-02-14

Links:

http://www.krisp.org.za/manuscripts/KRISP_Talks_January2020.pdf