SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 epidemic: the Institut Pasteur's response, scientific research and discoveries in 2020

The Institut Pasteur is a leading global center for infectious disease research, one of the priority research areas identified in its 2019-2023 Strategic Plan. On January 27, 2020, as the 11 million inhabitants of the Chinese city of Wuhan, where COVID-19 had originated, found themselves in a strict lockdown, the Institut Pasteur set up a task force to provide an emergency response to the health crisis by studying the virus and the disease it causes.

Check out this special report on the milestones of the past year and the action taken by the Institut Pasteur.

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