Dzobo Mathias, Musuka Godfrey, Mashe Tapfumanei, Dzinamarira Tafadzwa
Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Investigative Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
School of Health Systems & Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
IJID Reg. 2021 Dec;1:3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Sep 17.
Zimbabwe continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic; there is an urgent need for the rapid scale-up of genomic surveillance efforts. In this piece, we express concern on the limited capacity for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Zimbabwe due to limited skillsets and laboratory infrastructural deficiencies. We call for an urgent need for funding from the government of Zimbabwe to set up a robust genomic surveillance program to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Zimbabwe and guide public health responses accordingly.
津巴布韦仍在应对新冠疫情；迫切需要迅速扩大基因组监测工作。在这篇文章中，我们对津巴布韦因技能有限和实验室基础设施不足而导致的新冠病毒基因组监测能力有限表示关切。我们呼吁津巴布韦政府迫切提供资金，以建立一个强大的基因组监测项目，在津巴布韦检测出令人担忧的新冠病毒变种，并据此指导公共卫生应对措施。
