[Slide 1] Good Afternoon Bermuda,
[Slide 2] I am pleased to share with you an update of Bermuda’s current ability to detect new coronavirus variants.
[Slide 3] To recap, as of March 2021 Bermuda can identify certain strains using a 1 hr PCR test. Currently, MDL has 7 different tests that targets 9 different possible mutations within the S gene of the virus. The limitation is that these tests only look at 9 positions and not the entire genetic sequence.