which will help to ensure that policy and public health decision making is underpinned by the best possible scientific evidence.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its Pathogen Genomics Strategy, laying out a 5 year plan for the organisation’s role in the wider delivery of pathogen genomics to prepare for and respond to infectious disease threats to public health. The new strategy sets out a programme to improve UKHSA’s ability to detect and understand the pathogens that pose the…