Duke-NUS expert joins global taskforce to investigate origins of COVID-19

(Duke-NUS Medical School) International taskforce announced to look into origins of SARS-CoV-2, which sparked COVID-19 pandemic nearly one year ago. Taskforce will look into COVID-19 origins, leveraging expertise in One Health, outbreak investigation, virology, lab biosecurity and disease ecology. Named to taskforce is scientific director of Duke-NUS' ABSL3 facility, which provided early advantage to Singapore by quickly isolating, characterizing SARS-CoV-2, enabling swift development of diagnos...