Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Bill Gates Foundation (BGF) are helping a group of small research institutions in Cambodia to fight against Covid-19, Business Insider reports.

 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said CZI, in partnership with BGF and Cambodian researchers, has helped unlock a piece of research which may help in the fight against the coronavirus.

 

“In partnership with BGF, researchers in Cambodia have been able to sequence the full genome of the virus that causes Covid-19, making it much easier and faster to identify if people have the virus.

 

read more https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zuckerberg-gates-help-kingdom-covid-19-fight

well good for them....   but I think Australia did this work already.

 

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2020/03/17/australian-researchers-map-immune-response-to-covid-19/

 

SYDNEY: Australian researchers said on Tuesday they have mapped the immune responses from one of country’s first Covid-19 patients, findings the health minister said were an important step in developing a vaccine and treatment.

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

but I think Australia did this work already

I'm not an expert, but I think that "mapping a patient's Immune responses" is different from "sequencing the full genome of the actual virus"

6 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

I'm not an expert, but I think that "mapping a patient's Immune responses" is different from "sequencing the full genome of the actual virus"

yeah, I thought they may be slightly different meanings .... but anyway, hope someone locates a vaccine that works 100%.

I believe they did that shortly after it was discovered