East Java’s sequencing reveals similarities to Chinese, European coronavirus strains

A scanning electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cultured cells on March 12. (Handout/National Institutes of Health/AFP/File)

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Airlangga University's Institute of Tropical Diseases (ITD-UNAIR) in Surabaya has completed six whole genome sequencing analysis on genetic data of SARS-CoV-2, of which four were found to be similar to the Chinese strain and two similar to the European strain.

ITD-UNAIR director Maria Ingelusida said data of two whole virus genome sequences had been sent to Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), while the four others were in the finishing phase at the lab.