Italy on Wednesday set up a
consortium of research groups to study the COVID-19 virus.
The aim of the consortium is to follow the evolution of the
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and monitor immune response to
vaccination, a press conference at the health ministry in Rome
heard.
It aims to identify variants of the virus and prepare for future
pandemics.
The president of Italian drugs agency AIFA, Giorgio Palù, said
"this is only one of the first pandemics we are going to see
because other pandemics will come from the animal world.
"We cannot miss this opportunity".
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