UKZN's Professor Tulio de Oliveira talks Covid-19
Updated | By East Coast Breakfast
UKZN's Professor Tulio de Oliveira is a bioinformatician from the KwaZulu-Natal’s Research, Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) faculty - and he spoke to us this morning.
KwaZulu-Natal’s Research, Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) and the Big Data Flagship Program of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has a multi-disciplinary team of world-renowned experts who mainly focus on analysis and control of viral outbreaks and genomic analysis.
READ: COVID-19 hits KwaDukuza hospital
Professor Tulio de Oliveira gave us a quick insight into the work KRISP has been doing and how are they working as frontline warriors to curb the spread of Covid-19.
He also touched on the South African infection rate, death rate, and recoveries, as well as KZN statistics.
READ: South Africa's COVID-19 death toll increases by 7
Find out all the details here:
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