Reaching the Final Endgame for Constant Waves of COVID-19

Ratcliffe, Norman; Castro, Helena Carla; Gonzalez, Marcelo Salabert; Mello, Cicero Brasileiro; Dyson, Paul

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Reaching the Final Endgame for Constant Waves of COVID-19

Norman Ratcliffe, Helena Carla Castro, Marcelo Salabert Gonzalez, Cicero Brasileiro Mello, Paul Dyson

Viruses, Volume: 14, Issue: 12, Start page: 2637

Swansea University Authors: Norman Ratcliffe, Paul Dyson

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Despite intramuscular vaccines saving millions of lives, constant devastating waves of SARS-CoV-2 infections continue. The elimination of COVID-19 is challenging, but necessary in order to avoid millions more people who would suffer from long COVID if we fail. Our paper describes rapidly advancing a...

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Reaching the Final Endgame for Constant Waves of COVID-19

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