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Lessons learnt: how to be prepared for the next pandemic

In this review, a team of researchers discuss what they have learned from the COVID-19 pandemics

Here, Sharon, Sam and Angie review their experiences tackling the pandemics so far and present us with the main challenges of sampling during the pandemic and what they would do differently next time.

What do you think you would do differently next time? Let us know in the comments.

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