Virus isolates will be used for research by the scientific and medical community One important way that CDC is supporting global efforts to study and learn about the virus that causes COVID-19 in the laboratory is growing the virus in cell-culture so that researchers in the scientific and medical community can use the virus in their studies.
Once BEI Resourcesexternal icon expands the material that they received from CDC, CDC’s SARS-CoV-2 isolate can be requested by public and academic institutions that maintain appropriate facilities and safety programs, as well as have the appropriate expertise, as required by BEI.