All positive samples of people returning from UK to be sent for whole-genome sequencing

So far at least seven have tested positive and their samples will be handed over to the WHO to send them to a laboratory abroad for testing. Despite an arrival ban from the UK, people are still coming in, officials say.

Swab samples of all those people coming from the United Kingdom in recent days who have tested positive to Covid-19 will be sent to the World Health Organization’s collaborating laboratory for a whole-genome sequencing test.