Podcast: 101 on genomic sequencing and the B.1.617 variant

It’s been widely publicised that the variant of SARS-CoV-2 associated with Melbourne’s outbreak is the B.1.617 variant. What do we know about it? Is it more transmissible?

The Doherty Institute’s podcast, Infection and Immunity - Evidence Explained, spoke with Dr Norelle Sherry, a Medical Microbiologist at the University of Melbourne’s Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory at the Doherty Institute, which is responsible for conducting the genomic sequencing of COVID-19 cases in Victoria in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health.

Learn more about variants of concern and current state and territory aggregated case data on our variants of concern webpage.