Ann: Supply agreement with major US customer, page-19

‘Routine genetic sequencing of virus samples, what scientists call genomic surveillance, can provide crucial information about how a virus is evolving: if mutations are common, if new variants are emerging, how the virus is spreading from one place to another and whether cases in a given cluster are linked to one another. The latter is especially useful to know in health care settings, where it’s not always clear if new cases have come in from the outside, or if staff members and patients are infecting one another.Subscribe to The TimesGenomic surveillance is also one of the few ways officials can determine whether, where and how to put travel restrictions in place. Without this data, even the fastest-acting, best-intentioned leaders — like Mr. Cuomo, in this case — are flying blind.“”

which is exactly what NSW health has done with the latest outbreak- genomic testing knowing exactly where and how many cases have the UK strain compare the US where it states less than 40 cases have had genomic sequencing

feeling quite patriotic about Aus