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For the past few months, a small number of all Quebecers testing positive for COVID-19 have been living in Saguenay. The thousands of samples have all ended up in one place: in a vast biobank where the biological history of Quebec is catalogued.<\/p>\n

The G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec biobank, adjacent to the Chicoutimi hospital, is like a huge biological library. Instead of shelves of books, there are freezers full of samples in test tubes. Millions of samples in which positive COVID-19 tests from all over Quebec are stored.<\/p>\n

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For the past few months, a small number of all Quebecers testing positive for COVID-19 have been living in Saguenay. The thousands of samples have all ended up in one place: in a vast biobank where the biological history of Quebec is catalogued. 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