Illumina CEO explains what scientists are studying to determine if Omicron variant is more transm…

Francis deSouza, CEO of Illumina, a company that identifies and tracks COVID variants through genomic sequencing, said Sunday that "we are in a lot different position than we were at the beginning of the pandemic" in figuring out where the virus and variants are.

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