{"id":1071,"date":"2021-07-20T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/dittmerlab\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T17:21:11","slug":"15-million-nc-project-launching-soon-to-track-covid-19-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microimm\/dittmerlab\/15-million-nc-project-launching-soon-to-track-covid-19-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"$15 million NC project launching soon to track COVID-19 variants."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 COVID-19 cases have more than tripled since the beginning of the month in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of July, 38 percent of coronavirus samples in North Carolina that were tested for the Delta variant came back positive for it.<\/p>\n<p>A $15 million program is launching in North Carolina to better track variants, like the Delta.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yclJzQvas8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/15-million-nc-project-launching-soon-to-track-covid-19-variants\/\">$15 million NC project launching soon to track COVID-19 variants<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;$15 million NC project launching soon to track COVID-19 variants&#8221; &#8212; CBS17.com\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/15-million-nc-project-launching-soon-to-track-covid-19-variants\/embed\/#?secret=yclJzQvas8\" data-secret=\"yclJzQvas8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 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