Swiss public health measures associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission

In a new study in Science Translational Medicine, members of Tanja Stadler's group analysed thousands of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences to reconstruct likely paths of viral transmission into and within Switzerland. Their results show that changes in transmission patterns can be associated with major public health measures. This large-scale analysis was enabled by a national genome sequencing effort initiated by Tanja's group as well as efforts from a broad collaboration of Swiss COVID researchers.