MARK ZUCKERBERG on focebook (coronavirus)

As part of our response to the coronavirus outbreak, our team at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has worked with UCSF and Stanford to quadruple the Bay Area's testing and diagnostics capacity. We're funding the acquisition of state-of-the-art FDA approved COVID-19 diagnostic machines that will significantly the Bay Area's ability to test and diagnose new cases. We're also bridging connections between clinical labs at Stanford and UCSF to help distribute the testing load throughout the area.

And following up on my post last week about the IDSeq (Infectious Disease Sequencing) tool we developed at the Chan Zuckerberg Initative, researchers in Cambodia recently published how they were able to sequence the virus that causes COVID-19 and confirm the country's first case. You can view this data on the IDseq website at http://public.idseq.net. This new data is continuing to provide scientists with valuable insights into the transmission and spread of the virus, and could hopefully unlock new discoveries that could lead to treatments.

More to come soon.