Russian scientists fully decode COVID-19 genome

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS. The specialists of Russia’s Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza have managed to decode the first full genome of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Russian Health Ministry said on March 19.

Acting Director of the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza Dmitry Lioznov stated that genetical researchwould help scientists understand the nature and the evolution of the virus, which would in turn contribute to the development of a vaccine and treatment methods.