Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County employees and their families at Smith Point Park in Shirley, New York on December 19, 2020. The CDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations.
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CDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to more than double the number of coronavirus genomes sequenced to watch for new mutations in the US over the next two weeks, a top official said Sunday.
